Tax
Our response to today's budget...
The Chancellor today outlined a £40bn increase in tax and £70bn increase in public spending. Here's where we stand...
30 Oct 2024
Wandsworth news
Roads
Putney High Street Hell
Wandsworth Council's decision to install a bike lane on Putney Bridge has turned an already heavily congested Putney into a traffic nightmare
25 Oct 2024
Wandsworth
Statement in response to Southport tragedy and subsequent rioting
Riots and disorder are never the answer
6 Aug 2024
National news
LGBT+
Free To Be Who You Are
As liberals, we believe that true equality is achieved when individuals are not only free from prejudice and discrimination, but also free to fulfil their potential. So fighting for LGBTQ+ rights is not a choice Liberals make.
CJ
22 Mar 2025
Latest UK News
Making Britain a science superpower
The Liberal Democrats' bold plan to restore UK leadership in science and innovation will drive investment, boost global collaboration, and ensure technology benefits everyone, not just the privileged few.
VC
22 Mar 2025
Latest UK News
A message from Christine Jardine on International Women's Day
Reflecting on the year’s International Women’s Day theme of “accelerate action”, I am sadly reminded of how much more we still need to achieve.
CJMP
7 Mar 2025
Party news
Diversity
Celebrating the lives of incredible women
This International Women’s Day, I will be celebrating so many incredible women - who have brought us this far; who work tirelessly for equality; and who will take us even further in the years to come.
ED
by Ed Davey
8 Mar 2023
LGBT+
Ed Davey's LGBT History Month Message 2023
Today marks the beginning of LGBT History Month - a time to discover the stories of the LGBT+ community, acknowledge the prejudice they have faced, and celebrate the progress that has been achieved.
ED
1 Feb 2023
Latest UK News
Ed Davey's New Year Message
"The New Year is an opportunity to turn the page and look ahead. And although things are tough for millions, I sense change is possible - so I look to the New Year with hope and optimism."
ED
31 Dec 2022
LibDem news
Ed Davey launches local election campaign with bid to overtake Conservatives
Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey has declared a two horse race between his party and the Conservatives at the launch of his party’s local election campaign today in Henley-on-Thames, in the battleground county of Oxfordshire.
31 Mar 2025
Price cap rise: Majority of Brits think their energy bill is bad value for money
55% of Brits think that their energy bill is bad value for money, a poll commissioned by the Liberal Democrats has revealed. It comes as Ofgem’s energy price cap comes into force today [Tuesday 1st April], hitting households with a 6.4% increase in...
31 Mar 2025
Ed Davey: Lib Dems set to replace Badenoch’s “sneering” Conservatives as party of Middle England
Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey will launch his party’s local election campaign today in Oxfordshire with a vow to replace Kemi Badenoch’s “sneering” Conservatives as the “party of Middle England.”
30 Mar 2025
Disabled people locked out of accessing welfare impact assessment as Government fails to publish accessible versions
The Government has still not published accessible versions of the welfare Green Paper published ten days ago and subsequent impact assessment in which they outlined major cuts in support for those with disabilities, a Written Parliamentary Question by...
29 Mar 2025
PM needs to confirm if he made “insulting” pocket money analogy and if so apologise
Responding to reporting in the Times that it was the Prime Minister who first made the analogy at a meeting of the cabinet that the Government’s welfare reforms could be compared to taking away a child’s pocket money, Liberal Democrat Work and Pensions...
29 Mar 2025
Car manufacturer summit: Govt needs to “Trump-proof” car industry with "new UK automotive strategy”
Responding to officials meeting with representatives from the car industry after Trump has said he will put 25% tariffs on all car imports into the US, Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP said:
28 Mar 2025