Council figures on bus funding are wrong, will not be corrected until September
Residents need clarity on where the bus improvement grant money from Central Government has gone
16 Jul 2026
National News
Merton Lib Dems demand glyphosate-free parks by 2028
Merton Liberal Democrats are calling for an end to the routine use of glyphosate-based herbicides in the borough's parks and open spaces by March 2028, saying the Council must go further and faster to protect nature and public health.
16 Jul 2026
Latest UK News
Five New Lib Dem Peers
Five new Liberal Democrat members of the House of Lords have been announced today.
LD
16 Jul 2026
Gloucestershire to be one unitary authority
The government has announced Gloucestershire will be one unitary authority following the plans for devolution
16 Jul 2026
“Major win for coastguard volunteers” – government intervenes to pause remuneration changes
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has today welcomed a major win for coastguard volunteers, as the government intervened to pause planned changes to volunteer remuneration by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency. In a written ministerial statemen
16 Jul 2026
Highlands MSP Urges Scottish Government to Rethink Motability “Benefit Cut”
Morven-May MacCallum MSP has written to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice and Housing calling for the Scottish Government to look again at its decision to allow changes to the Motability Scheme which will halve the standard mileage allowance availa
16 Jul 2026