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
Scores miss out in secondary school lottery
Figures released today show 4% of Wiltshire children - about 200 people - will not be able to attend their first choice of secondary school from this September. About 50 children didn't get any of their first three preferences. Parents who applied online are finding out the decision today. The results of online applications are available at https://admissions.wiltshire.gov.uk/prefs.php. The numbers of parents applying are also up on last year as the number of children increases. There were 4,621 applications received this year - 99 more than in 2016. Applicants have until Wednesday 15 March to accept the offer. The right to an appeal is open to anyone who has not received one of their preferred schools. Further information is also available at www.wiltshire.gov.uk/schooladmissions .
1 Mar 2017
2017 farm payment scheme opens but farmers still waiting for cash
The 2017 Basic Payment Scheme has opened today, but South Lakes MP Tim Farron has pointed out the plight of those farmers still waiting for payments from the 2016 and even 2015 schemes.
1 Mar 2017
Wiltshire Assembly of Youth
If you're aged 11 to 18 and would like to put the world to rights here's how you can start. WAY is holding an open meeting in County Hall Trowbridge, 4.30 to 6.30pm on Tuesday March 28th.
1 Mar 2017
28 - Lib Dem Lords vs the Article 50 Bill: Martin Thomas The Charge of the Brexit Brigade
Martin Thomas compared the rush towards Brexit to the disastrous Charge of the Light Brigade. He also highlighted the huge cost of leaving the EU. Where would we find the tens of billions? The Government seems to have no plan on how to deal with this. My Lords, the Telegraph reports today that the EU Bill for a Brexit divorce is €60 billion. It is made up of existing annual budget commitments until 2019, pension obligations and other longer term liabilities. The European Commission concedes that the United Kingdom should be allowed to offset against that Bill its share of the assets of the EU, perhaps between €15 and €20 billion, so we are left with a net hefty €40 billion or so to stump up as the price of divorce.
1 Mar 2017
27 - Lib Dem Lords vs the Article 50 Bill: Roger Roberts: Referendum campaign was won on a lie on a bus built in Poland by a German company
Roger Roberts pointed out that the most famous phrase from the campaign, the one which the Leave campaign's director credits it with winning, the £350 million a week for the NHS, was a blatant lie and that alone justifies the people being given a vote on Brexit. He also added that the Government could not be trusted on its reassurances as it had already broken promises on refugees. My Lords, when we are told that the people have spoken, we are referring to the one-third of the electorate who supported the Leave campaign. I would say that the people have not spoken. They were taken on a ride in a bus built in Poland by a German company. On its side it said, "When we are out of the EU, we will have £350 million a week to spend on the NHS". That was the promise, yet in Arron Banks's recently published book, The Bad Boys of Brexit, he says that from the beginning they knew that it was a blatant lie. One of the biggest donors, giving £5 million to the Leave campaign, has said that they knew from the beginning that
1 Mar 2017
26 - Lib Dem Lords vs the Article 50 Bill: Barbara Janke: Remain voters have spoken too and nobody is listening
Barbara's theme was the effect of Brexit on young people and businesses in her home town of Bristol and the need to recognise the worries of those who voted Remain and not to forget about them. My Lords, I wish to speak about some of the issues that have been raised by people and organisations in my own city of Bristol. The first thing to say is that the moralistic argument that "the people have spoken" has a rather hollow ring in my city, where a large majority voted to remain in the EU. They have spoken too and they feel that no one in government is listening to them.
1 Mar 2017