Sewage dumping in Bermondsey and Old Southwark DOUBLED last year
Sewage was dumped into the Thames in Bermondsey and Old Southwark 40 times in 2023 – double that of 2022, new figures have revealed.
18 Apr 2024
National News
Alistair Carmichael - Westminster
Carmichael highlights report in Parliament on risks of foreign influence in UK elections
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has today in Parliament highlighted a report by Spotlight on Corruption into the risks of UK elections being exposed to dirty money and foreign influence.
18 Apr 2024
Shetland
Wishart quizzes minister on ‘confused’ heating policy
Shetland MSP and Scottish Liberal Democrat Beatrice Wishart has quizzed Scottish Greens co-leader and Minister for Zero Carbon Building on the Scottish Government’s decision not to allow the use of fossil fuel heating systems in new-build construction.
18 Apr 2024
General Election
Sewage dumping in Derbyshire Dales soars by 43% as Conservatives warned of “reckoning at ballot box”
Sewage was dumped into rivers in Derbyshire Dales for 31,359 hours in 2023, new figures have revealed. Read more...
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18 Apr 2024
One in four local patients stuck in hospital beds, despite being fit to leave
Cumbrian MP Tim Farron is urging the Prime Minister to tackle the social care crisis after shocking new figures revealed that one in four hospital beds in Morecambe Bay are taken up by patients who are medically fit to leave.
18 Apr 2024
Wales
“Flushed away”- Welsh Lib Dems urge Welsh Government to support maintenance of public toilets
This week in the Senedd, the Welsh Liberal Democrats have called on the Welsh Government to assist community groups and local councils in the operating and maintaining of essential public facilities.
18 Apr 2024