Another win and a close miss in this weeks by-elections
In Kent, the Liberal Democrats secured an extraordinary gain in the Cranbrook, Sissinghurst & Frittenden ward of Tunbridge Wells...
26 Sep 2026
News
Local News
Cutting income tax to tackle the cost-of-living crisis
The Liberal Democrats will take 2.5 million people out of paying income tax altogether by raising the tax-free personal allowance...
24 Sep 2026
A new Growth and Defence Partnership with Europe
The world has changed in ways no one could have predicted a decade ago. Trump, Putin and Xi have made the world - and the UK -...
24 Sep 2026
Dropping like flies!
Reform continues to haemorrhage elected representatives
16 Sep 2026
Sproughton and Pinewood news
Monthly Report Jul & Aug’26 - Sproughton & Pinewood Ward
Latest news from Councillor Helen Davies
12 Sep 2026
Opinion
Local Government U-turn - Our reaction
Money that could have been spent on services wasted
8 Sep 2026
Opinion
The Conservatives are abandoning Climate Action
There is no need to ape Reform!
27 Aug 2026
A big Lib Dem win for disabled people
A long campaign succeeds!
19 Aug 2026
Opinion
Still life in the old dog yet
4 new Liberal Democrat councillors
14 Aug 2026
Sproughton and Pinewood news
Monthly Report May&Jun’26 - Sproughton & Pinewood Ward
With elections finished things are getting busy!
16 Jul 2026
National News
Benefits & Pensions
Giving people security in later life
The Liberal Democrats have become the first UK party to commit to protecting the triple lock on pensions in the next Parliament.
LD
21 Sep 2023
What’s on the agenda at Lib Dem Conference?
We’re heading to Bournemouth for the party’s first in-person autumn conference in four years. As ever, the agenda is packed full of topical debates on the biggest issues facing Britain today.
LD
11 Sep 2023
Health, Care & the NHS
Hundreds of NHS ambulance staff waiting for driver training despite deadly delays
Hundreds of NHS ambulance staff across the country are waiting to complete essential driver training, new data from the Liberal Democrats has shown. This is despite dangerous delays to response times and a shortage of ambulance drivers.
LD
11 Sep 2023
Cost of living
Food prices soar by a third
Food prices have soared by 30% in the last two years, the biggest rise on record.
LD
16 Aug 2023
Environment & Nature
Lib Dem investigation reveals sewage cover up
Liberal Democrats demand water firms measure how much sewage they are discharging into waterways
LD
9 Aug 2023
Health, Care & the NHS
England's hospitals are crumbling
A Freedom of Information investigation by the Liberal Democrats has found hospitals with chemicals leaking in patient areas and others with multiple broken fire alarms.
LD
9 Aug 2023
Lib Dems Winning
Liberal Democrats WIN Somerton and Frome
Sarah Dyke smashes the Conservatives with the best result of the night in Somerton and Frome
LD
21 Jul 2023
Health, Care & the NHS
Happy 75th birthday to our NHS
The Liberal Democrats are proud to be champions of the NHS.
DC
5 Jul 2023
Diversity
Windrush 75
Today is Windrush Day - where we acknowledge the outstanding economic, social, and cultural contribution the Windrush generation have made to the United Kingdom.
ED
22 Jun 2023
Lib Dems Winning
Lib Dems select Emma Holland-Lindsay as Mid Bedfordshire by-election candidate
By-election candidate vows to “fight tirelessly for our local health services”, demanding more GPs and funding for Bedfordshire. Liberal Democrats become bookies favourite to win the by-election after flying start to the campaign.
LD
19 Jun 2023
Westminster
Stop Puppy Smuggling
The Conservatives have dropped the new law to crack down on puppy smuggling.
LD
26 May 2023
Carers
Carer's Leave Bill to become law
The Lib Dem Bill will give an estimated 2.4 million carers across the UK a statutory right to take five days of unpaid leave per year, helping carers to better balance work and care.
19 May 2023