Chargemaster plc, which installs and maintains the Polar network of electric vehicle charging points, supplies electricity and administers a billing system, opened the UK's first multi-brand electric vehicle showroom to the public on Saturday 22 July.
Local Liberal Democrats want to know when the swing bridges over the Ship Canal are going to be painted. At the Warrington...
Another undemocratic election result
Big Ben has been silenced. At some point in the next 6 years, MPs and Lords must leave the Palace of Westminster too, with renovation needed in the face of 'impending crisis'. A lot has been written about where parliament might go temporarily, with some even suggesting a few years out of London. But we need to be more ambitious than a mere temporary move of parliamentarians. We should permanently move both parliament and 'Whitehall' to Manchester. Undoubtedly, political parties, think tanks, charities, much of the printed and broadcast press, quangos, embassies and lobbyists would eventually follow, as well as other corporate offices: with further knock-on effects through the spending power of these 10s or even 100s of thousands of jobs.
UK delegation is planning to base deal on EU-Japan trade agreement, but Vince Cable has criticised that proposal as 'staggering' Theresa May will have to allay Japanese fears about the impact of Brexit on business when she flies to the country on Wednesday for a three-day trip billed as a visit to lay the groundwork for a new trade deal, but likely to be dominated by North Korea.
With the Liberal Democrat Federal Conference approaching (16-19 September), and less than a week away from the deadline for amendments (4 September), this is my highly partisan tirade on the agenda, here to provoke you into sending your views, either to us at Liberal Democrat Voice or to the good people at the Federal Conference Committee. The first party conference after a General Election is an opportunity for the party to reflect on the results, good and bad. While it is good to move forward, many of us expected more progress in the face of such a gulf in the centre. It is as if Corbyn and May fed off each other's weakness, and we did not have the strength to stand out as an alternative.