Chirbury School. So long as COVID infection rates do not increase, Chirbury School will open to all children on Wednesday, 2nd September. They will be educated in 'class bubbles' to keep them as safe as possible. We are expecting an increase in pupil numbers to 57 this year. Great things are going on this summer in the school to improve the facilities and education for our children. Heather
COVID-19 TEST AND TRACE SYSTEM - East Suffolk Local Mobile Testing Sites & Dates for August The test and trace system is to "go local" as the Government appears to acknowledge that the national system, described as "world beating", is not fit for purpose. The Suffolk mobile testing sites and dates in August for the East Suffolk area are listed below.
Following the elections in July we're pleased to announce that a new Executive has taken office. A big thank you to everybody who took part in these elections.
This chart from @ONS puts today's GDP figures in some perspective. You can barely see the great recession of 2008-09 on this scale. This is unchartered territory that we're in said Ellen Nicholson SW Wilts Lib Dem's spokesperson. After resisting the launch of lockdown until later than other countries around the world and relaxing controls at a slower pace, the ONS said the UK had plunged into the deepest decline of any G7 nation in the second quarter. The downturn is also deeper than any other country in the EU and surpassed a 12.1% quarterly drop in the eurozone. Liberal Democrats have been clear in warning that the government was making a historic mistake by winding down the furlough wage subsidy scheme as the country falls into recession. Acting Leader of the Liberal Democrats Ed Davey said: "Minister must take immediate action to save jobs and livelihoods as the true economic impact of Covid-19 comes to light. "The Treasury must explain how it is going to stop mass redundanci
City group leader Cllr Jon Hunt says the council has paid for overreach and failing to heed warnings from many sources.
Ellen Nicholson, Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for South West Wiltshire, is calling on local Conservative MP Andrew Murrison to "pledge to defend the rule of law against any attempts by Boris Johnson and Dominic Cummings to undermine it."
Wera Hobhouse, Liberal Democrat MP for Bath and spokesperson for Energy Security and Net Zero, called on the government to provide incentives for energy providers to develop solar power in the UK.
Mrs Hobhouse slammed the government for falling behind on meeting the UK’s renewable targets for solar energy capacity. The government plans to deploy 70 GW of solar power across the country by 2035. However, as of 2022, the UK had only installed 14.3 GW of solar pv.
Following a visit to a rooftop solar system installed by Bath & West Community Energy (BWCE) at Beechen Cliff School last year, Wera Hobhouse is keen to encourage the development of similar solar projects across Bath. The solar system is predicted to significantly cut the school’s fuel costs and reduce their carbon emissions by 52 tonnes a year.
In the House of Commons on the 27th February, the Bath MP noted that the UK is lagging behind the rest of the world in renewable energy investment, she urged the government to offer incentives to energy providers to improve solar capacity.
However, Andrew Bowie, Parliamentary Under Secretary for Energy Security and Net Zero, ignored Hobhouse’s proposals, failing to describe the ways in which the government could incentivise solar energy. Instead, Bowie said that the government’s Solar Taskforce would publish recommendations for solar power and reiterated the government’s target to deploy 70 GW by 2035.
Wera Hobhouse, Liberal Democrat MP for Bath and spokesperson for Energy Security and Net Zero, commented:
“The Conservatives are falling dangerously behind on meeting our targets for renewable energy production. It is no good the government setting an ambitious 70 GW solar target if they are nowhere near reaching it.
“It is clear that they have no plan to get us back on track to reach Net Zero. Evidently, they are more than happy to dismiss perfectly good proposals like incentivising solar power. That is why I am so proud that Bath is home to many community energy projects like the solar system at Beechen Cliff School, so that we can lead the way in renewables.”
“It is not just our climate targets harmed by the Conservatives’ delay. Families in Bath and across the country are struggling to pay soaring energy bills which investment in renewables could curb. That is why we Liberal Democrats would build significantly more renewable energy, aiming to generate 80% of our electricity from renewables by 2030.”
Peter Capener, Managing Director of Bath & West Community Energy said:
“Our work with schools is really demonstrating the value of community energy in both addressing the climate crisis and reducing fuel bills. Rooftop solar installed last year has already saved local schools a combined total of £134,209 and has reduced carbon emissions by 224.3 tonnes, which is equivalent to 12,173 journeys from Bath to Edinburgh by train!”
