How Brexit Brought New People into Politics
On June 24th 2016, my fiancée woke up, turned on her phone and swore. The United Kingdom had voted to leave the European Union....
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11 Apr 2019
National News
Fly Tipping to Increase!
Just a few days after criticial local elections across all of Surrey, residents who use Bagshot, Cranleigh, Dorking and Warlingham CRCs will only be able to take recycling to these sites, from Tuesday 7 May 2019. The change comes following a Cabinet decision in January 2019 to keep the sites open temporarily in order to find an alternate route of funding.
11 Apr 2019
Council Elections – why don’t people vote?
The BBC has recently produced some insight into why voter turnouts in Local Government elections is diminishing at an alarming rate.
11 Apr 2019
Carmichael: UK has a responsibility to protect democracy in Hong Kong
Alistair Carmichael MP, Liberal Democrat Chief Whip, has today warned that the Conservative Government's inaction on the guilty verdict handed to the 'Umbrella Nine' in Hong Kong is an insult to all those in the region.
10 Apr 2019
“Dispiriting” Council consultation and closed-door Cabinet meetings drive short-sighted children’s centre proposals
Lambeth Liberal Democrats
10 Apr 2019
Mayor Dave to Keep Fighting for Intercity Trains from Bedford as New Operator is Announced
Mayor Dave Hodgson has pledged to keep making Bedford's case for the return of full intercity fast trains, following the announcement this morning of Abellio as the new operator for the East Midlands Rail franchise from August.
10 Apr 2019