When will the Government drop the phrase “working people” which excludes “retired people”, “children”, “people with long term illnesses or disabilities” and people who have had to ...

The Federal Conference Committee met on Saturday to review submissions and finalise the agenda for Autumn Conference in Bournemouth, taking place from 20 to 23 September 2025. We’re very much ...

People waiting over a year for Access to Work support as Lib Dems call on Government to scrap “gutted” welfare legislation Phillipson on Kuenssberg: Govt must give families reassurance on SEND ...

On Saturday I spent the day just outside of Coventry, at the beautiful University of Warwick, at the Amnesty International UK Amplify Summit (incorporating its AGM and national conference). It was ...

Read more by Howard Sykes or more about littleborough and saddleworth by-election. This entry was posted in News.

One in five GPs nearing retirement in some areas as Government’s 10 year plan risks “not touching the sides” Lib Dem Bill passes in Commons – MP says animal welfare will be “transformed ...

There was a simpler time, when a Returning Officer turned up, ran a contest between whoever had put their name forward, and ...

Following on from yesterday’s report of her sacking as the Party’s Spokesperson for Women and Equalities, and Scotland, Christine Jardine has published what can only be described as a classy ...

Patrick Maguire, the Times lead political commentator, has reported tonight that Christine Jardine has been fired from her positions as spokesperson on Women and Equalities and on Scotland for defying ...

Chris Perry is absolutely right to suggest in Lib Dem Voice that ‘Widening income inequality and increasing poverty are the great social evils of our time.’ But part of addressing the issue has to ...

I wrote an op-ed responding to Chris Whiting on the need for liberals and socialists to work together. At the time, I opposed this idea, citing the ideological differences between socialists and ...