Tag: Dems
Lib Dems take two councils after winning Conservative votes
The Liberal Democrats have taken control of Oxfordshire and Cambridgeshire County Councils, after taking dozens of seats from the Conservatives across [...]
Lib Dems call for rural crime teams in police forces
The Liberal Democrats are calling for specialist rural crime teams to be embedded in every police force in England and Wales.The proposals would see f [...]
Welsh Lib Dems promise ‘grown up politics’ at Senedd elections
The Welsh Liberal Democrats have promised "grown-up, adult" politics ahead of next year's Senedd election.Their leader Jane Dodds said her deal to pas [...]
Buy British to beat Trump over tariffs, urge Lib Dems
The Liberal Democrats are urging Britons to buy UK-made products to support businesses hit by Donald Trump's latest round of tariffs.The party is call [...]
Lib Dems aim to become ‘party of Middle England’, says Ed Davey
Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey has said he wants to replace the Conservatives as the "party of Middle England", as he launched his campaign for [...]
Lib Dems push for 3% of national income on defence
Paul SeddonPolitical reporterGetty ImagesThe Liberal Democrats have called for cross-party talks on how the UK can increase defence spending to 3% of [...]
Lib Dems demand publication of Donald Trump tariffs impact assessment
The Liberal Democrats have called on the government to release analysis of the potential impact of Donald Trump imposing trade tariffs on the UK econo [...]
Lib Dems told to pay £14,000 to ex-candidate after gender views row
The Liberal Democrats have been ordered to pay £14,000 to a former parliamentary candidate who says she was driven out of the party and barred from st [...]
Lib Dems call for working farms to be exempt from inheritance tax
PA MediaThe Liberal Democrats have called for the government to exempt "working farms" from its inheritance tax plans.Under plans announced in the Bud [...]
Lib Dems unveil new top team after election success
EPA-EFE/REX/ShutterstockLiberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey has unveiled his new 33-member frontbench team, as he promised to focus on issues includi [...]
Lib Dems aim to turn election success into influence
EPAI don't think I have ever seen such undiluted joy at a party conference.The Liberal Democrat gathering in Brighton amounted to the party giving it [...]
Smiling Lib Dems plan to make the most of election success
PA MediaSir Ed Davey celebrated with supporters on election night as the party won a record number of MPsLiberal Democrat smiles will be so broad in t [...]
Brexit truce as pro-EU Lib Dems focus on long game
Getty ImagesThe Lib Dems have softened their anti-Brexit message in recent yearsOnce the party of “stop Brexit”, the Liberal Democrats toned down thei [...]
End of term report cards for Labour, Conservatives, Reform and Lib Dems
12 hours agoBy Laura Kuenssberg, @bbclaurak, Presenter, Sunday with Laura KuenssbergPAMPs hate it when you say Parliament goes on holiday.The technica [...]
Lib Dems plunge head first into final week of campaign
PA MediaLib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey has begun the final week of a general election campaign defined by stunts by bungee jumping, in a bid to encourage [...]