This week, there were five principal council by-elections. All of this week’s contests were in England, stretching from Blackpool, where the Christmas season is marked by the glow of the famous ...

Happy Christmas and a Happy New Year Once again, we end a year with more Liberal Democrat councillors than at the start, with more Lib Dem council leaders than at the start and with a greater spread ...

There are few current issues more emotive than that of immigration, so I wanted to take a dispassionate view of the future demographic and economic implications of where we are now, and what might ...

The federal and all the State parties have been having internal elections. The Scottish Party announced its results on Friday with a brilliant mix of people being elected to office bearer roles and ...

“Less than two weeks to save Christmas” – Lib Dems call for new winter discharge unit as figures reveal patients wait 268 days to leave hospital Brexit and SNP missed opportunities are costing ...

I read a lot of posts and articles from people who try to dissect the reasoning behind Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine. Some conclude that it is simply a geopolitical squabble between two ...

The Liberal Democrat team took first prize at the annual Press Gallery quiz in Westminster last night. Our five triumphant heroes are David Heath MP, LDHQ head of policy Christian Moon and special ...

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This phrase, or variants of it, has a long history and invokes different meaning to different people. We all need to realise what we may mean by it is not what those who hear it understand by it. The ...

There are moments when Parliament must intervene not because it is politically convenient, but because failure to act would be morally indefensible. This is one of those moments. Lawyers representing ...

Three new Lib Dem peers have been announced today. Party Chief Exec Mike Dixon, Ed Davey’s Chief of Staff Rhiannon Leaman and ...