Tag Archives: first minister

• Sewage fine proposals: Letting water companies off the hook would be “utter disgrace”
• Almost 340,000 children on mental health waiting lists as postcode lottery leaves some waiting over a year
• Number starting apprenticeships in England has fallen by a third
• Welsh Liberal Democrats to vote against Welsh First Minister Vaughan Gething in no-confidence vote
• Highland MP comments on road death figures
• Jardine responds to homeless being “sent out” of Edinburgh ahead of Taylor Swift concert

Sewage fine proposals: Letting water companies off the hook would be “utter disgrace”

Responding to proposals that could see financially stressed water companies receive fewer or no penalties for sewage pollution, Liberal Democrat Environment spokesperson Tim Farron MP said:

Any attempt to let these polluting giants off the hook would be an utter disgrace.

This plan is proof Ofwat should be scrapped. This Conservative government has allowed this toothless regulator to stagger on too long.

It is time someone finally stood up to these water firms.

Almost 340,000 children on mental health waiting lists as postcode lottery leaves some waiting over a year

• Liberal Democrats call for a mental health professional in every primary and secondary school

• Ed Davey warns the Conservative party has “abandoned parents and children” as he sets out urgent plan to fix the crisis in young people’s mental health

• 336,886 children on mental health waiting lists, some waiting an average of 15 months to be seen in stark postcode lottery

Almost 340,000 children and young people are on mental health waiting lists with some areas seeing average waits of 15 months, House of Commons Library research commissioned by the Liberal Democrats has revealed.