Davey on PM speech: "we'll never fix the NHS unless we fix social care" NHS England: welcome steps but won't matter unless Streeting "stops ignoring the elephant in the room" Findlay should say if he agrees with Badenoch on maternity pay Davey on PM speech: "we'll never fix the NHS unless we fix social care" Responding to the Prime Minister's speech this morning, Ed Davey, who is also in Hull and East Yorkshire today, said: There's no doubt we need big changes like this to fix the NHS after the Conservatives left it on its knees. Now we need to ...
Jago Hazzard looks at the 1949 plan to build a freight-only railway under the Thames. Two routes were considered: one ran from Farringdon to Loughborough Junction; the other ran from Hither Green, went under the river at Greenwich and surfaced in the marshalling yards of West Ham and Plaistow. Neither was built, and the decline of bulk freight and the Port of London meant that this proved to be the right decision. You can support Jago Hazzard's videos via his Patreon page.
It's easy to argue that today's failures - public services, low investment, poor productivity, decaying infrastructure, environmental degradation, etc - are the result of 10-15 years of economic policies pursued by a government pandering to selfish interests. But what if the problem is wider than those policies and ideology? What if our underlying economic system is actually working against the interests of liberal democracy, and contributing to the rise of populism and authoritarianism? This is the core argument of one of the seminal texts to be published in the last two years, Martin Wolf's The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism. The ...
The Whinnies Community Garden in Sunniside was recently awarded a National Lottery grant of £20,000. Yesterday, there was an event to celebrate the lottery win, attended by the mayor. I was there as well but I also took the opportunity to look at the new transport-themed play area. The garden reopens to the public on 1st April.
We have been rearranging the branch structure of Gateshead Lib Dems so that we have an improved campaign machine ready to delivery gains in the local elections in 2026. So on Tuesday members from the west of Gateshead met at Blaydon Rugby Club to set up formally the new branch. Cllr Paul Elliott was elected as chair and Cllr Joe Sowerby was elected secretary. When Lib Dems meet in Gateshead
The new London Review of Books has a review by Alex Harvey of The Cinema of Powell and Pressburger. Published in 2023 - that's academic reviewing for you - this is a collected volume edited by Nathalie Morris and Claire Smith. I looked first to see what Harvey had to say about A Canterbury Tale: The jump-cut at the start of A Canterbury Tale moves from a soaring falcon seen by Chaucer's medieval pilgrims to a war plane patrolling rural Kent. Time is sped up and frozen; the East End land girl Alison drives a horse-drawn cart. Powell grew up ...
Richard Pears has given an number of presentations o the Sunniside History Society in recent years and I'm pleased to announce he is the speaker at our next meeting on Wednesday 2nd April at 7pm in Sunniside Social Club when he will be speaking on "The Fenwick's Four: Bewick, Hotspur, Marley and Thornton. All welcome.
Your email signature is one of your most important pieces of electronic real estate. Everyone to whom you send an email will see it. You want it to make a positive and lasting impression. And so it's worth taking the time to get it right. The primary purpose of an email signature is, of course, to tell the person to whom you're writing who you are. But it's also about how you present yourself and your consulting practice. A good email signature can help you to establish your credibility, to project a professional image and to promote your 'brand'. So ...
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Davey calls for "polluters to pay" for North Sea clean up and for emergency government summit follow...
Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey and Hull Council Leader Mike Ross have today called for "the polluters to pay" for any clean up of the North Sea following this week's ship collision, as well as for an emergency summit in Yorkshire so civic leaders and the public can be made aware of any security and environmental risks. This follows the collision on Monday of two ships in the North Sea near East Yorkshire. The full extent of the sea pollution and damage is unclear at the moment, but environmental charities including the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust have expressed serious concern about ...
We are holding a street surgery tonight to speak with residents on any local issues or concerns they may have. Should you have an issue you wish to discuss with us, e-mail us at westend@dundeelibdems.org.uk or call us on Dundee 459378 and we will be pleased to meet you - many thanks.
Wales-on-line reports that the boss of Dwr Cymru, Peter Perry has defended his salary and bonuses at the not-for-profit provider under scrutiny from MPs after he received £892,000 in total remuneration, a combination of salary, benefits, pension, variable pay, and incentives. Perry was being questioned at UK Parliament's environment committee by Mid and South Pembrokeshire MP Henry Tufnell: Mr Tufnell said: "In 2021, Peter, your total remuneration was £892,000 and last year you took a bonus of £91,000. I wonder whether, if you take into consideration what we've talked about with water security, environmental performance, water quality with the public ...
