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
Fawdon News in Brief
SOLAR PANELS FOR FLATS
8 Aug 2011
Gosforth High Street BID plan takes shape
A timetable has been set to try to establish a Business Improvement District (BID) in Gosforth High Street for the start of the next financial year. A BID enables 1% of the business rate to be collected for improvements to the area. A BID in the City Centre has been successful, most recently securing the creation of the 'Grey Street Garden'. A similar development in Gosforth could help generate trade and interest in local services.
8 Aug 2011
Protest to mark end of planning 'consultation'
Monday August 9th is the last day on which people can comment on Wiltshire Council's plans for house-building in the county, and environmental organisations are planning to hold a demonstration at County Hall against what they see as a blueprint for more greenfield site development at a time when town centres are decaying.
TC
7 Aug 2011
Liberal Democrats to demand changes to employment support allowance
The Liberal Democrats are to demand sweeping changes to the much-criticised employment support allowance (ESA), the chief benefit for Britain's 2.5 million sick and disabled people, providing a potential breakthrough for disability campaigners.
7 Aug 2011
Who owns our green and pleasant land?
Superb article in today's Observer on how a new breed of plutocrats are buying up the 'great' estates, why they need to be taxed, and how LVT provides an answer…
DC
7 Aug 2011
Tories AGREE on street Parking Charges
26,289 That's the number of people who signed an on-line petition against Conservative plans to introduce Car parking charges at Ashford, Shepperton, Sunbury Cross and other local shopping centres across the county. Added to several other e-petitions and paper petitions (including our own) more than 50,000 have rejected the Tories mad scheme.
6 Aug 2011
