Breaking Britain returns, this time it’s the schools
Why is so much of Britain’s infrastructure literally falling apart?
13 Sep 2023
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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
School Lunches for Infant Children Announced in Autumn Statement
A Liberal Democrat announcement for the provision of free school lunches for Key Stage 1 (infant) children was confirmed in the Autumn statement.
10 Dec 2013
Disability History Month: Unpacking medieval myths
Continue reading the main story More from Ouch See Hear: Lovefilm letdown Self-driving wheelchairs See Hear meets Holby City Delving into disabled people's social history can help us understand modern attitudes to disability, argues Richard Rieser, coordinator of the UK's annual Disability History Month.
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10 Dec 2013
WOWPetition’s Change.Org Petition For A Full Debate In The Commons
From Change.org. Please sign and lets see if we can get this petition recognised by the site and sent viral.
10 Dec 2013
International Day of Persons with Disabilities
Today is International Day of Persons with Disabilities, a UN-day. The theme for this year's is: "Break Barriers, Open Doors: for an inclusive society and development for all".
10 Dec 2013
Martin Horwood MP writes…Putting people with disabilities into the international development picture
One year after her appointment as the first ever Liberal Democrat minister at the Department for International Development (DfID), Lynne Featherstone has already earned a reputation for picking up difficult subjects and setting ambitious goals. In her first year, she put the issue of female genital mutilation on the national and international agenda and famously declared that she wanted to see it gone within a generation and then started to take the practical steps to make that happen.
10 Dec 2013
Council backs the Charter to Stop the Payday Loan Rip-Off
A motion proposed by Lib Dem parliamentary spokesman for Hinckley and Bosworth Cllr Michael Mullaney and seconded by Barwell Lib Dem Cllr Mathew Hulbert has got Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council to back the Charter to Stop the Payday Loan Rip-off. The Charter calls for tougher regulation of payday lenders and is supported by some of Britain's biggest debt, consumer and anti-poverty organisations - including Which?, Citizens Advice, StepChange Debt Charity, Church Action on Poverty, and the Centre for Responsible Credit.
10 Dec 2013