Data released this week shows that last month the Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust breached NHS standards about mixed-sex patient accommodation by four times the national rate. Local MP Tim Farron has repeated his call for an Urgent Care Centre at Kendal to help relieve the pressure on other hospitals in the Bay.
Officers from Shepway Community Policing Team carried out a warrant under the Misuse of Drugs act at an industrial unit in the Shorncliffe area of Folkestone during the afternoon of Wednesday 18 January.
HSLD's membership is set to hit a record level for the third year running.
What should the Liberal Democrats be saying to the 'Left Behind'? We've claimed a strong position as the voice of the 48%; but there are many among the 52% who are not illiberal at heart, and others who voted 'Sod off!' in the Referendum to London as much as to Brussels in their disillusion with politics and the distant elite. People who live on partly-sold off Council estates, or in places built to house workers in factories that closed 30 to 40 years ago, where local services have been steadily cut back and jobs are hard to get to, low paid and insecure, have some justifiable reasons to feel resentful . Theresa May has spoken about the 'left behind' at the Davos World Economic Forum, but said little about what an' active state' (yes, she has used that term) should do to help them. Donald Trump in his inauguration speech promised 'the forgotten people' from globalisation that they will now be remembered, but didn't say what he would do to help them beyond putting up barriers to imports. The right-wing media
Liberal Democrat President Sal Brinton says: Delighted that Dr Zulfiqar Ali selected as PPC for Stoke Central last night. His speech to members showed that he is passionate about his town, and the problems that towns like Stoke face after the Brexit vote. As a doctor, he also understands the crisis that the NHS is facing at the moment. Great news!
MPs say Theresa May has no authority to pursue 'extreme' options for UK's departure from Europe A powerful cross-party group of MPs is plotting to thwart Theresa May's attempts to drive through a hard Brexit amid rising fears that UK businesses could soon have to pay huge export tariffs on goods they sell to the EU.