Lakes Line investment must still go ahead
The government must use the funds saved by shelving the Lakes Line electrification plans to invest in a passing loop to increase capacity, local MP Tim Farron has insisted today.
26 Jul 2017
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Report commissioned by Suffolk County Council calls for EDF's Sizewell C campus proposals to be reconsidered
Suffolk County Council has commissioned consultants to produce a report on possible alternatives to EDF Energy's proposals for...
26 Jul 2017
Call for clarity on Clean Air plans for Central Motorway
Responding to the Government announcement on clean air, Newcastle's Lib Dem Opposition has challenged the city council's Labour leadership to publicly state its intentions on addressing air quality concerns on the Central Motorway East and Tyne Bridge approach, which has been identified by DEFRA as an air quality hotspot for NOx (nitrous oxide) pollution from traffic congestion emissions The city council has been critical in its response to Government consultation, with some justification, over slow progress on introducing a national Air Quality Action Plan in response to tougher EU clean air targets, but the Opposition has drawn attention to Newcastle's own lack of progress on this front, including a decision in 2013 not to introduce a low emissions zone plan for the city centre. The Government is requiring Leeds, Birmingham, Southampton, Derby and Nottingham to introduce Clean Air Zones to tackle air quality in these cities, and is encouraging other cities to take action to tackle identified hotspots. It
26 Jul 2017
Lakes Line investment must still go ahead - Farron
The government must use the funds saved by shelving the Lakes Line electrification plans to invest in a passing loop to increase capacity, local MP Tim Farron has insisted today.
26 Jul 2017
I’m proud to be a be a Lib Dem newbie
During last month's election campaign, I made the most important political decision of my life. I resigned from the Conservative Party, for whom I had stood as a parliamentary candidate in 2015, to join the Liberal Democrats As I explained in an article for The Guardian, I could no longer support a party trying to drive through an extreme Brexit with disastrous consequences for our country. Unlike Theresa May, I was not prepared to campaign for a cause in which I did not believe.
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26 Jul 2017
Tories betray Wales and the Regions with their Crisis Cancellation of Rail Electrification as Brexit starts to Shred UK Economy.
Faced with a growing trade deficit, a government deficit that is increasing again, a weak pound and lamentable productivity the Tory government has had to start cutting infrastructure projects.
26 Jul 2017