Lib Dems table King's Speech amendment to "rescue social care" as half of care homes lost in some areas Lib Dems demand clarity on IT outage impact on patients Rennie calls for Swinney to head off bin strikes Lib Dems table King's Speech amendment to "rescue social care" as half of care homes lost in some areas Lib Dems have tabled an amendment to the King's Speech to rescue social care and call for a cross-party commission Ed Davey says that "people and their loved ones simply cannot wait any longer" after the Conservative Party "broke social care" Number of ...
Politics Home has an article on Pippa Heylings, the newly elected Liberal Democrat MP for South Cambridgeshire: Heylings was recognised on the first ever ENDS Power List of political environmental champions earlier this year, alongside London Mayor Sadiq Khan and former Green Party MP Caroline Lucas. The Power List recognised her career negotiating between national and local governments on climate issues, attending UN Climate and Nature summits, and spearheading the creation of the Galapagos Islands Marine Reserve. She also acted as a key mediator in the successful reintroduction of beavers to the UK. This confirms my impression that our new ...
BBC News wins our prestigious Headline of the Day Award. And there's a local angle to the story below: A grandmother who climbed on top of a freight train as part of a climate protest has escaped a prison sentence. Karen Wildin, 60, managed to stop the goods train as it travelled to Drax power station in North Yorkshire on 11 November 2021. The wagons were transporting wood pellets which Wildin objected to being burned for fuel. She appeared at Leeds Crown Court on Monday and was told to pay a £3,000 fine. The private tutor, from Leicester, waved an ...
Graeme Hayes and Steven Cammiss argue that the harsh sentences imposed on Just Stop Oil protestors are the logical outcome of Britain's authoritarian turn against protest. "In the rush to recognise Trump's new victim status, nobody seemed to be thinking about his own invocations of brutality. Before he was banned from Twitter, he had been warned for 'glorifying violence'. He said Mexicans trying to cross the border illegally should be shot in the leg. At the time of the Black Lives Matter protests relating to the murder of George Floyd, he tweeted: 'when the looting starts, the shooting starts'." Andrew ...
As is traditional, Liberal Democrat Voice is covering the maiden speeches of our new MPs as they happen. In Thursday's King's Speech debate, Cameron Thomas, MP for Tewkesbury, made his first Commons speech, the first from our 2024 cadre: It is an honour to follow the hon. Member for Bradford East (Imran Hussain) and his impassioned words. If I may address him directly — if you will oblige me, Mr Deputy Speaker — as well as other Members staking their claim to Britain's best curry, it would be an honour on behalf of the people of Tewkesbury to join them ...
DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL - WEEKLY ROAD REPORT REPORT FOR THE WEST END WARD - WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY 22 JULY 2024 Blinshall Street (Douglas Street to 50 metres south) - closed until December 2024 for construction works. Douglas Street (Blinshall Street to Brown Street) - temporary traffic lights until December 2024 for construction works. Brown Street (south of Douglas Street) - closed until December 2024 for construction works. Seafield Road, Dundee - closed from its westmost end (in cul-de-sac) extending for a distance of no more than 20 metres in an easterly direction to facilitate a site access for a new ...
The Independent reports that Rachel Reeves has doubled down on Labour's opposition to scrapping the two-child benefit cap, highlighting the £3bn annual price tag of the measure. The paper says that the chancellor came under pressure over the limit, which prevents parents from claiming benefits for any third or subsequent child born after April 2017. Scrapping the policy would lift an estimated 300,000 children out of poverty, according to the Child Poverty Action Group Reeves was asked about opposition to the George Osborne-era cap from Labour heavyweights including Gordon Brown and Andy Burnham, but said she could not make "unfunded ...
