Feeling ‘forced out’ by Badenoch? Lib Dems conference welcomes young Tory defectors Self-described moderates say Ed Davey’s party offers them a home as Conservatives shift further right The Guardian - UK · Sep 20
Deselected candidate claims Lib Dems’ religious discrimination cost him £790,000 David Campanale seeks damages after what he says was organised campaign against his faith in Sutton and Cheam The Guardian - UK · Aug 21
Working together, Labour and the Lib Dems could exile the Tories for a generation Starmer and Davey need to seize the moment. They have enough common ground to ally against their common enemy, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle The Guardian - UK · Sep 19, 2024
Lib Dems hopeful of more election gains if Tory drift to right continues Officials predict further gains if next Conservative leader focuses on winning back voters from Reform UK The Guardian - UK · Sep 16, 2024
‘People are incandescent…’ How sewage spills became a vote-winner for the Lib Dems Polluted chalk streams in England’s South Downs infuriated voters in Chichester, a seat that had been Conservative for a century The Guardian - UK · Jul 7, 2024
Lib Dems to push for cross-party talks on tackling social care Exclusive: party to use biggest-ever cohort of MPs to get ‘essential decisions’ made on issue that ‘cut-through’ The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2024
BBC issues correction after Nigel Farage's false polling claim in leader's interview THE BBC has issued a correction after a false claim made by Nigel Farage during his leader’s interview ... The National (Scotland) · Jun 25, 2024
Lib Dems are right to put arts education at the heart of their plans for culture With the cost of living, taxation and, in the last few days, D-day commemoration, commanding the lion’s share of campaign attention, little has yet been paid to the parties’ plans for the arts and cultural sector this general election. Pleasingly, however, the Liberal Democrat (Lib Dems) manifesto (the first to… The Conversation · Jun 11, 2024
Why the Lib Dems pledge to reverse Brexit is their best chance this election In 2019 the Lib Dem promise to reverse Brexit was an election disaster for the party, but five years on things are different The Independent UK · Jun 10, 2024
Lib Dems launch election manifesto with pledge to ‘save the NHS’ Party presents ‘fully costed plan to tackle the healthcare crisis from top to bottom’, including guarantees on GPs and dentists and free-to-access social care The Guardian - UK · Jun 10, 2024
London housing crisis: Renters to get three-year tenancies under plans in Lib Dem manifesto Sir Ed Davey pledged a ‘fair deal for renters’ as he outlined the Lib Dems’ proposals for government Evening Standard · Jun 10, 2024
Lib Dems vow to abolish use of voter ID at polling stations Party says policy is costly, unnecessary and part of a Tory war on the younger generation The Guardian - UK · Jun 1, 2024
General election 2024: What are the Liberal Democrats' policies and who is their leader Ed Davey? The Lib Dems want to clean several Tory failures by focusing on health, care, crumbling schools and sewage Evening Standard · May 23, 2024
Lib Dems members rebuff leadership with vote to keep housebuilding targets Overwhelming conference vote defies Ed Davey strategy of reshaping policy to court wavering Tory voters The Guardian - UK · Sep 25, 2023
The Guardian - UK · May 16, 2023 ‘We didn’t show we cared enough. We won’t make that mistake twice’: Ed Davey on love, loss and the Lib Dems After the Lib Dems’ triumph in the local elections, their leader talks about his ‘mission’ to get rid of the Tories, the tragedies that blighted his childhood, and how caring for his disabled son has shaped his politics
The Independent UK · May 9, 2023 Starmer refuses to rule out coalition with Lib Dems if he does not win majority The Labour leader was ‘absolutely clear’ that he would never do a deal with the SNP.
Manchester Evening News · May 4, 2023 Stockport local council elections 2023 results in full Sixty three council seats were up for grabs in wards Bramhall North, Bramhall South and Woodford, Bredbury and Woodley, Bredbury Green and Romiley, Brinnington and Central, Cheadle East and Cheadle Hulme North, Cheadle Hulme South, Cheadle West and Gatley, Davenport and Cale Green, Edgeley, Hazel Grove, Heald Green, Heatons North,…
The Guardian - UK · Feb 25, 2023 Lord Sainsbury returns to the Labour fold with £2m donation The former chair of the supermarket chain was a big donor to Blair and Brown but cut off his support under Corbyn
Daily Record · Feb 25, 2023 'Conspiracy of silence' over school attacks means violence now 'out of control' MSP Willie Rennie, the Lib Dems’ Scottish education spokesman, accuses politicians and education chiefs of ignoring the problem for too long.
Manchester Evening News · Feb 24, 2023 Stockport council tax bills to rise by 4 per cent - but more kids will get free school meals and every neighbourhood will get £10k for community projects The Lib Dems’ proposals were approved despite opposition from the Tories, with no parties tabling an alternative budget or any amendments
Daily Mirror · Jan 8, 2023 10 election target seats where Lib Dems could topple Tories in 'Surrey shuffle' Insiders in Sir Ed Davey's party believe they have identified a phenomenon where Labour-supporting voters moving out of London to the shires and suburbs switch to the Lib Dems
Wales Online · Nov 25, 2022 Backlash from Liberal Democrat members as party issues new transphobia definition Members are quitting the party due to the party's "controversial" definition of transphobia
Liverpool Echo · Oct 11, 2022 Wirral Council votes to request bailout to plug budget gap despite Tory opposition Labour called on the Conservatives "for fairer funding for Wirral before it's too late"
Wales Online · Sep 7, 2022 Rural families will be worst hit by ‘tsunami’ of rising costs, warn Lib Dems People living in the countryside are fed up with being overlooked and taken for granted, says former party leader
Liverpool Echo · Jul 12, 2022 Opposition forces unite to push for Liverpool mayoral referendum Lib Dems back independent move for binding public vote on future running of the city