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The right to vote is at the very heart of every democratic government. Running alongside that is the right to make that vote count; to provide at least the hope that people can change their political ...
My initial experience with politics was the first time I was able to vote, back in the 2015 General Election. I had just turned 18 and had grown up in a Labour-supporting household. So, instinctively, ...
I and 46 Council Leaders and Deputy Leaders have just written (see text of letter below) to Federal Conference Committee Char, Nick Da Costa and Party President, Mark Pack to raise our concerns about ...
In Llanelli, Reform UK were able to secure a decisive victory against Labour, who were attempting to defend the seat. Thank you to Justin Griffiths and the local team for flying the Liberal Democrat ...
Free markets liberated us from the overweening power of church and aristocracy and created a rights culture.  Emile Durkheim established back in 1893 the constitutional, commercial and civil law ...
Last Summer, the mood at party conference was jubilant. Record election success brought us 72 Members of Parliament and offered us a vast opportunity to shape national debate and grow our party ...
Welcome to Britain, where you already have to scan your face to access much of the internet, facial recognition is rolled out on our streets, and soon your digital ID will be essential to access ...
Sadiq Khan has said no - again. For the third time, the Mayor of London has refused Liberal Democrat calls to appoint a dedicated Disability Champion: someone with lived experience and the authority ...
Many party members will be very happy to see Ed Davey say out loud that Brexit is not working in a piece for the Guardian. Our leader said: Brexit isn’t working, and the British people know it. Poll ...
Despite no doubt good intentions,  Liberal Reform’s recent piece on Lib Dem Voice seems to  treat child protection online as an abstract policy preference. The evidence reveals something far more ...
In recent months, BBC coverage of Gaza has itself become a major news story. The broadcaster attracted condemnation following the airing of a documentary narrated by the son of a Hamas agriculture ...
It's just six weeks on Saturday until we all gather in Bournemouth for Autumn Conference. Over the past few days, the party has published the final agenda, Conference reports and the outcome of the ...