Lichfield Friarsgate site
In response to the promise from the Lichfield District Council's leader that the next 12 months would see some progress with the...
11 Jan 2022
LTB Local News
A Normal Conservative Winter?
The first duty of a government is the security of its people. How many times have you heard that? It's usually to justify more spending on defence or harsher prison sentences. But why does it not apply to health care? This morning health minister Gillian Keegan gave an interview on the Today programme. Just before the interview we heard that seventeen hospitals in Greater Manchester were pausing routine work because of the Omicron crisis and it was likely that many other districts would have to follow suit. Later in the day that emergency ambulance calls with targets of 18 minutes were taking hours and, linked to this, heart attack patients were being advised to get themselves to hospital. Ms Keegan was stunning in her complacency. According to her this was almost normal winter behaviour, "We often slow down certain electives", she said. To which two questions, Why do we often have to slow down - could it be that our government has not taken care of the NHS, not just because of insufficient money, but also in
5 Jan 2022
A New Year Message from Ed Davey, Leader of the Liberal Democrats
Happy New Year, everyone. I hope you had a great Christmas. I am so looking forward to 2022 - I hope it's the year we will finally beat Covid, that Liberal Democrats will keep beating the Conservatives as we did in two historic by-elections last year, and England will win the World Cup.
1 Jan 2022
North Shropshire Election
What terrific news from North Shropshire. LTB welcomes the election last Thursday of Helen Morgan to this thoroughly safe...
20 Dec 2021
Time to Change the Electoral System
The out-of-date way MPs are elected to Westminster is failing voters
2 Dec 2021
Around 30,000 low income households in our area are paying over the odds for their broadband as Government fails to act
Low income households in East Staffs, Lichfield and Tamworth districts are paying too much for their broadband because the Government has not forced providers to offer cheaper tariffs, an analysis by the Liberal Democrats has found.
10 Nov 2021