Fuel poverty figures reveal over 7 million household struggling with energy bills Sewage: Govt Minister refuses to protect clean water regulations Fuel poverty figures reveal over 7 million household struggling with energy bills New fuel poverty statistics have revealed millions of households are struggling to afford their energy bills. The government's annual Fuel Poverty Report showed there were an estimated 3.26 million households (13.4%) in fuel poverty in England in 2022, which is expected to rise to 3.5 million in 2023. A staggering 7.39 million (30.3%) of households in England had to spend more than 10% of income on energy ...
It's been a very strange last couple of weeks. First came the shock news that Nicola Sturgeon had resigned as First Minister. I don't think anyone saw that coming and I have to admit to not sharing the glee that some of my fellow Liberal Democrats expressed at this development. Nicola Sturgeon has a somewhat mixed legacy, but there can be no denying her commitment to equalities or her skills as a communicator. In those respects at least, she will be a tough act to follow. In the coming weeks and months we will perhaps find ourselves in a better ...
I welcome guest posts on Liberal England. Not only that: I'm happy to publish posts on subjects far beyond the Liberal Democrats and British politics. I'm also happy to entertain a wide variety of views, but I'd hate you to spend your time writing something I really wouldn't want to publish. So if you'd like to write for this blog, please send me an email so we can discuss your idea. To give you some inspiration, here are the last then guest posts published here on Liberal England:The Bielsa dream is over - Stuart WhomsleyCan trade unions make a big ...
One of the things that a lot of people struggle with is coping in a relationship when you are also going through a midlife crisis. It's certainly not easy to handle, and it can stress you out even more on top of everything else that is getting to you. However, if your relationship is the ... The post Maintaining a Relationship Through the Midlife Crisis appeared first on A Midlifer in London .
Tue 28th
18:28
Shropshire Tory council leader says council tax hike is down to Tory government and her Tory predece...
Shropshire Council has been controlled by the Conservatives since its inception in 2009. On Sunday, its current leader, its fourth, was interviewed by Elizabeth Glinka on BBC Midlands Politics about the 5% rise in council tax from April (video below). The interview was remarkable in three respects. Council leader Lezley Picton said that previous council leaders had failed to raise council tax leading to the position it faces now where the council's budget is not adequate to meet its needs. The government had failed to recognise the costs that rural areas face and are not giving counties like Shropshire adequate ...
To every Mancunian there is something special about this great city, this island of Greater Manchester. Befittingly, Greater Manchester has a large Metropolitan Police Force GMP covering Manchester and its satellite cities of Salford, Wigan, Bolton, Bury, Rochdale, Oldham, Tameside, Stockport and Trafford, all under the vigilant eyes of Labour's Andy Burnham as the elected GM Mayor in his crucial role as the Greater Manchester Police and Fire Commissioner. As clockwork, GMP compiles detailed monthly crime records anonymised street-by-street into 14 'Categories' in all >250 GM 'Police Neighbourhoods' and duly submitted them to the Home Office in London, the brain ...
Tue 28th
16:12
Chunk of pork makes a surprising 'thud' as it falls from the sky and lands in woman's garden
I think this was foretold in the Book of Revelation, and it's certainly won the Leicester Mercury our Headline of the Day Award.
The Bishop's Stortford Independent reports: Liberal Democrats have picked their candidate to wrestle the Hertford and Stortford constituency from the Conservatives at the next General Election. Helen Campbell, a Hertfordshire County Council member for St Albans North and former business journalist, came to Bishop's Stortford with her party's deputy leader, Daisy Cooper, to launch the Lib Dems' campaign for the East Herts district and Stortford town council elections on May 4. Helen, who lives in St Albans, said: "I am absolutely delighted to be selected by the Hertford and Stortford Liberal Democrats to be their candidate in the next General ...
Mon, 15:50: RT @POLITICOEurope: BREAKING: The UK and the EU have reached a deal on the Northern Ireland protocol after months of talks over the content... Mon, 18:56: May 2020 books https://t.co/jIaiz4LEJ4 Tue, 08:17: RT @Petrit: Last parting thought for the night. Did you notice there's been no big congrats from Kosovo's allies tonight? Silence in capita... Tue, 10:45: LastPass says employee's home computer was hacked and corporate vault taken | Ars Technica https://t.co/z9UUaHxXXH Dear heavens!
The Independent reports on the view of the Institute for Fiscal Studies that Chancellor Jeremy Hunt could afford to give public sector workers a bigger pay rise at next month's Budget by scrapping plans for a fuel duty freeze. The IFS say short-term savings from the energy support scheme are looking less costly than first feared, but the think tank believes that Hunt could dig deep into government pockets to help fund a one-off bonus for public sector workers in a bid to avert intensifying industrial action: IFS director Paul Johnson said a pay rise averaging 5.5 per cent - ...
As the Prime Minister "sells" the Northern Ireland protocol deal, promising to tough out DUP criticism, the Liberal Democrats have responded: We hope that this protocol deal will be a step forward – bringing much-needed certainty and stability for Northern Ireland. The Conservative Government was responsible for this mess in the first place. It shouldn't have taken years for them to get to this point. — Liberal Democrats (@LibDems) February 27, 2023 * News Meerkat - keeping a look-out for Liberal Democrat news. Meerkat photo by Paul Walter
With thanks to Sheena Wellington, here's the latest update from Friends of Wighton : Lunchtime Recital: Wednesday 1st March, 1.15pm - 1.45pmTed Poletyllo, singerWighton Heritage Centre at the Central Library We are, at last, able to go back to our pre-pandemic time and are celebrating by bringing you another fine traditional singer, Ted Poletyllo. Ted, who hails from Fife, is a consummate ballad singer who has won numerous TMSA singing competitions over the years, the latest, in November 2022 being Glenfarg Folk Club's prestigious Sandy Watt Quaich. Admission is free and donations welcome!
