Breaking Britain returns, this time it’s the schools
Why is so much of Britain’s infrastructure literally falling apart?
13 Sep 2023
News
Press release on the Autumn Statement.
Lib Dems condemn “chaotic and incompetent” budget
17 Nov 2022
Sewage in our Rivers
The sheer quantity of raw sewage being dumped into Britain’s rivers and coastal areas is a scandal and a disgrace.
14 Sep 2022
Congestion Charging on the agenda!
The reality of Congestion Charging will be more of reality after Friday, when Leader of Rochdale Borough Council will discuss it at a meeting of AGMA (Association of Greater Manchester Authorities) The idea of Congestion Charging has been inevitable since the announcement of the partial successful bid to deliver the Metrolink to Rochdale. Government Bosses then announced that Greater Manchester could bid for a £400 Million slice of the Transport Innovation Fund (TIF) to complete the spur into places like Rochdale Town Centre.
24 Jan 2007
Bowel cancer drug appeal rejected
Campaigners have lost an appeal to make a bowel cancer drug widely available on the NHS. Charities Cancer backup and Bowel Cancer UK appealed against a decision by the health watchdog to reject the drug Erbitux (cetuximab) for use on the NHS. The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice) ruled last August that Erbitux was not cost-effective.
24 Jan 2007
Most support voluntary euthanasia
Eight out of ten of people support a law change to allow doctors to actively end the lives of terminally ill patients who want to die, a poll shows. However only 60% supported doctors prescribing, but not administering, drugs someone could use to end their own life. The British Social Attitudes report surveyed 3,000 people.
24 Jan 2007
Campaign needed to tackle discrimination against disabled - Alexander
A campaign to tackle misunderstanding and prejudice about disabled people is urgently needed, Liberal Democrat Disability Spokesperson, Danny Alexander MP said today after the British Social Attitudes survey revealed negative views are still widely held.
24 Jan 2007
Dundee Liberal Democrats back Sir Menzies Campbell on Iraq troops call
Calls today (Wednesday 24th January) by Liberal Democrat leader Sir Menzies Campbell MP for British forces to begin a "staged withdrawal" from Iraq in May, with the last forces leaving by the end of October, have been backed by Dundee Liberal Democrats.
24 Jan 2007
An Open Letter from Menzies Campbell: The time has come to bring troops out of Iraq
"You may be aware that today I led a debate in the House of Commons over the new Liberal Democrat strategy for bringing British troops home from Iraq by the end of October. You can read and watch more about what I said at http://tinyurl.com/26ykb8
24 Jan 2007
