This week Scottish Lib Dems inflicted the first parliamentary defeat of this session on the minority SNP Government. SNP candidates had championed the idea of a Learning Disabilities, Autism and ...

Last week on this site, Maria Linforth-Hall asked a question that has stayed with me: what are the Liberal Democrats for? One ...

This article draws on “Hitting housebuilding targets would reduce rents by £251 a month” published by the Centre for British Progress, written by Rob Blackie, Tim Leunig and David Lawrence. Andy Burnh ...

The media are reporting an “altercation” in the Commons between Nigel Farage and Caroline Voaden. It happened at the State Opening of Parliament last May when MPs were queuing on a staircase to leave ...

The road bridge infrastructure in London is creaking and inadequate, and ownership and responsibility is fragmented. The soundness, or not, of these bridges has consequences. However, we, Liberal ...

For the vast majority of people across the United Kingdom, this year’s Budget may as well not have happened. After working through the Chancellor’s announcements and examining the practical impact on ...

I wrote this as Israel went to the polls. It could be weeks before any result because Israeli elections are extremely complicated and depend on coalitions. The one certainty is that little will change ...

You can watch Ed Davey’s response to the Budget statement here. The full text is below. He wants to see more radical action to encourage growth and the most important thing is try to repair the damage ...

Following Jane Dodds saying that she will not seek re-nomination as Welsh Lib Dem Leader, the only other person eligible to ...

The Chancellor hasn’t crashed the economy by reckless unfunded commitments. Perhaps we should be grateful for small mercies ...

The Liberal Democrats’ Defending Democracy policy paper calls for a codified UK constitution. If democratic consent and self-government matter at home, they must also shape our relationship with ...

West Berkshire Conservative Councillor Paul Dick OBE JP DL has joined the Liberal Democrats. For almost 30 years, Mr Dick was headteacher of Kennet School in Thatcham. At one point he was a “Super ...