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
The Council must do more to improve its recycling rates
When the Liberal Democrats took over the leadership of the Council in 2006, the domestic recycling rate was 14%. When we left control in 2011 it had increased to 43% and we had climbed nearly 200 places in the local authority league table. Much of this was due to the blue bins we are proud to have introduced. At the last Council meeting I asked why the rate had only increased to 44% in 2018/19.
IM
2 Nov 2020
Keep Council Tennis Courts Free for All 🎾
Council-run tennis courts in Haringey do not currently have charges for access, making the courts truly free and accessible for...
HLD
2 Nov 2020
MP calls for self-employed support to match support for furloughed workers
South Lakes MP Tim Farron is calling on the Government to give self-employed people the same 80% wage support as given to those on the furlough scheme to help them cope during a second national lockdown.
2 Nov 2020
MP condemns Government decision to give South Lakeland and Eden less coronavirus support as ‘utter madness’
Local MP Tim Farron has written to the Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick, urging him to immediately reconsider plans to give South Lakeland and Eden £400,000 less in COVID-19 support than the other four local authority areas in Cumbria.
2 Nov 2020
Antisocial Behaviour - We are on the case
Link below for reporting to council Since March this year, parts of Sunbury have experienced varying degrees of ASB resulting in parts of Green Street and areas around Tesco becoming subject to police dispersal notices. Problems have arisen with groups of young people who have broken free from following government guidelines. Some have used mopeds and motorbikes to speed up and down the quiet roads and the noise and unruly behaviour has frightened those shielding from the virus.
2 Nov 2020
Proper plans needed if we’re to have a near normal Christmas says Liberal Democrats Leader – stop the dithering call to Prime Minister
"If there is to be any chance of a near normal Christmas for families and a recovery in the new year for businesses, we need a coherent plan now. That includes common guidelines agreed by the four governments of the UK and a strategy for fixing the test, trace and isolate system," Leader of the Liberal Democrats Ed Davey MP said following the Prime Minister's announcement that England will go into a second national lockdown until 2 December.
2 Nov 2020