by Sam | 4 Sep 2014 | Education & Children's Services, General Election 2015, Politics
This week the majority of schools in England and Wales will return from recess, while MPs will also return to Westminster to get in stuck into a Parliamentary cycle that will be dominated by the looming General Election. So naturally ideas to fill the respective...
by Sam | 3 Sep 2014 | Children and Families, Education & Children's Services, General Election 2015, Politics
Following news earlier this week that the Lib Dems would pledge in the party’s General Election manifesto to extend the free school meals policy to all primary school pupils over the course of the next parliament, The Guardian has today reported that the party...
by Sam | 1 Sep 2014 | Children and Families, Education & Children's Services, General Election 2015, Politics
The Independent has reported that the Liberal Democrats plan to include a pledge to roll out free school meals to all primary school children as part of the party’s election manifesto. The scheme is currently only available to five- to seven-year-olds, and...
by Sam | 26 Aug 2014 | Education & Children's Services, General Election 2015, Politics
Liberal Democrat Care Minister Norman Lamb has called for drunk people who abuse A&E staff to be given an on-the-spot £50 fine as they are putting a “huge burden” on hospitals, according to The Daily Mail. Lamb went further to say that “it can be...
by Sam | 21 Aug 2014 | General Election 2015, Politics
The Press Association has reported the the Liberal Democrats have announced plans to extend the ring fence around the science research budget as part of next year’s General Election manifesto. The Party also plans to introduce a “green innovation...
