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Bathing water status rarely granted in England, analysis finds

Exclusive: People left to ‘swim in filth’ as Defra turns down applications, say Lib Dems

The Guardian - UK · Mar 23, 2023

Grant Shapps banned energy ministers from taking foreign trips

Exclusive: energy secretary issued edict to deal with ‘outrageous’ backlog of support for paying bills

The Guardian - UK · Mar 7, 2023

‘Not shoved miles away’: Cumbrian fight to keep care in the community

Villagers of Staveley want to turn closed care home into facility for older people but have run into council roadblock

The Guardian - UK · Feb 28, 2023

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Taken for granted: rural vote up for grabs if Labour can make hay

Countryside feels let down by 13 years of Tory rule but other parties will not pick up votes by default

The Guardian - UK · Feb 20, 2023

New Cumbria coalmine ‘like opening a Betamax factory’, says Tim Farron

Cumbrian Lib Dem MP condemns decision to give green light to Britain’s first new coalmine in 30 years

The Guardian - UK · Dec 8, 2022

England’s water can be renationalised without compensation, activists say

Campaigners cite previous court rulings against shareholders, such as in the case of Northern Rock bank

The Guardian - UK · Dec 2, 2022

Environment secretary’s own constituency has sewage dumped in rivers 11 hours a day

Ranil Jayawardena was appointed by Liz Truss earlier this month

The Independent UK · Oct 1, 2022

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'An interesting start': Liz Truss takes on former Prince Andrew media adviser

ONE of Liz Truss’s key advisers previously worked under Prince Andrew.

The National (Scotland) · Sep 29, 2022

Rural families will be worst hit by ‘tsunami’ of rising costs, warn Lib Dems

People living in the countryside are fed up with being overlooked and taken for granted, says former party leader

Wales Online · Sep 7, 2022

Tributes for Mikhail Gorbachev pour in after death of former Soviet leader – as it happened

This live blog is now closed. Follow all the latest Mikhail Gorbachev updates here

The Guardian - UK · Aug 30, 2022

Water companies to face ‘strictest targets’ on sewage pollution under new plan

Defra said it is launching the ‘largest infrastructure programme in water company history to crack down on sewage spills and end pollution’.

The Independent UK · Aug 26, 2022

New government plan to stop sewage spills branded ‘joke’ and ‘licence to pollute’

‘Weak’ targets won’t stop the dumping, say Labour and Lib Dems

The Independent UK · Aug 26, 2022

‘I admire her’: UK politicians on whether they would party like Sanna Marin

Finnish PM’s dancing video shows how politicians are expected to moderate their behaviour – but have right to a private life

The Guardian - UK · Aug 26, 2022

Shellfish ‘forgotten victims’ of sewage polluting UK waters say Lib Dems

Waters containing shellfish were dumped in nearly 29,000 times last year, with the longest event lasting 5,000 hours.

The Independent UK · Aug 22, 2022

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Wales Online · Aug 22, 2022

Monitors for measuring sewage going into sea 'faulty or not installed'

The Liberal Democrats say Environment Agency data shows water companies are failing to monitor sewage discharges along the coastline including at British seaside resorts

The Independent UK · Aug 18, 2022

Water company bosses got 20% pay rise amid sewage ‘scandal’, say Lib Dems

Research by the party showed water company executives picked up wages of £24.8 million in 2021-22 – a increase of 21% on the previous year.

The Guardian - UK · Aug 18, 2022

Inquiry after Avanti passengers have to scale 2-metre spiked fence to leave station

People locked in at Lake District stop after 100 minute-delay on one of UK’s worst performing rail services

The Independent UK · Aug 18, 2022

Passengers trapped in locked station after train arrived over 90 minutes late

Some passengers resorted to scaling high, spiked gates to get out

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The Guardian - UK · Aug 10, 2022

No hosepipe ban at No 10, as ministers call for water restrictions

Downing Street has no plan to bar use of hoses as PM is also urged to drain pool at Chequers

The Independent UK · Jul 26, 2022

‘This stinks’: Government accused of hiding from scrutiny over sewage in rivers

Ministers refuse to say whether they have met with water companies to solve problem

The National (Scotland) · Jul 5, 2022

SNP politician in list of MPs who took interns from anti-abortion group

AN anti-abortion group has placed more than a dozen interns in MP offices across the UK since 2010, including one SNP member, according to…

The Guardian - UK · Jun 26, 2022

Conservatives’ alarm grows over threat of tactical voting in safe seats

Last week’s byelection losses saw huge swings to the best-placed Tory opponent – without any formal electoral pact

The Guardian - UK · Jun 15, 2022

The Guardian view on Whitby’s second-home referendum: highlighting a national crisis

Editorial: The future of some of Britain’s most beautiful locations should be determined by locals, not property investors

The Independent UK · Jun 12, 2022

Lib Dems call for fuel duty reduction in rural areas

Analysis suggests households in rural areas paid £114 in transport costs a week in the year to March 2020, almost £40 more than those in urban areas.

The Independent UK · May 1, 2022

Swimming spots hit by 160,000 hours of sewage dumps

Liberal Democrats have called for a sewage tax on water companies’ profits to clean up coastlines, rivers and lakes

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