This week saw five local by-elections, four of which had a Liberal Democrat on the ballot. Congratulations are due to Cllr Hannah Griffin and the team for the Lib Dem hold in Vale of White Horse.

The Supreme Court (SC) was asked to interpret what ‘man’ and ‘woman’ meant is respect of the Equality Act. Their decision was that ‘with respect to the Equality Act and that Act only’ man and woman we ...

This article concludes a three-part series on what the UK needs to do to manage ‘beneficial growth’ policy across government. This article briefly considers examples in banking, trade, commercial law ...

Note that this post includes end of life details which you may want to avoid. The Assisted Dying Bill has raised questions about the quality of palliative care under the NHS. Whatever your views on ...

As someone that worked in the membership department at Lib Dem HQ during a time when we had three surges in membership in as many years, I got to know the elation and pitfalls of membership surges.

Let us travel all the way back to 2010, a year in which a jubilant “Cleggmania” contrasted with a dire backdrop. The economy was in bad shape following the 2008 financial crash. We had just failed to ...

Every week Lib Dem MPs ask questions in Parliament, aiming to hold the Government to account. But last week proved to be busier than usual for newly elected President Josh Babarinde. He asked The ...

Asylum hotels: state-endorsed robbery will not fix the crisis Lib Dem MP calls for National Crime Agency crackdown after ...

Three weekends ago, I had the privilege of leading the Liberal Democrat delegation to the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats ...

Like many Lib Dems I was  immensely pleased to read of the victory of Sam Ammar in Bromsgrove South last week,  taking a seat ...

China is both the world’s biggest environmental villain and – paradoxically– the greatest hero when it comes to the development and export of green renewable energy. The Middle Kingdom is the world’s ...