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Police and Crime Commissioners are to be abolished, but what, if anything, should replace them? @cllrkemp.bsky.social has offered the Government his thoughts… www.libdemvoice.org/replace-the-...
Replace the Police Commissioners with new Police Liaison committees
Liverpool Lib Dems Spokesperson on Governance, Cllr Richard Kemp, has written to the Home and Community Cabinet Secretaries of State suggesting that when the position of Elected Police Commissioner is...
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January 5, 2026 at 12:56 PM
Police and Crime Commissioners are to be abolished, but what, if anything, should replace them? @cllrkemp.bsky.social has offered the Government his thoughts… www.libdemvoice.org/replace-the-...
Post-growth economics? Rodrigo Palmer offers his argument that it isn’t just desirable but essential… www.libdemvoice.org/does-postgro...
Does post-growth economics belong in the Liberal Democrats?
Does post-growth economics belong in the Liberal Democrats? Questioning the principle of eternal economic growth is such a heresy to the orthodox economic order, that by most it is rejected outright. ...
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January 5, 2026 at 8:09 AM
Post-growth economics? Rodrigo Palmer offers his argument that it isn’t just desirable but essential… www.libdemvoice.org/does-postgro...
@larryngan1.bsky.social writes in the wake of the tragic fire in Hong Kong, noting how the persecution of Jimmy Lai there has impacted on those who rely on a free press for the truth… www.libdemvoice.org/from-hks-tai...
From Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire to Jimmy Lai’s political persecution end impunity for crimes against journalists
For the past two years, my father (Jimmy Lai) has been on trial under Hong Kong’s arbitrary and draconian national security law…. His skin is drying up, his nails are changing colour before falling of...
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December 15, 2025 at 5:35 PM
@larryngan1.bsky.social writes in the wake of the tragic fire in Hong Kong, noting how the persecution of Jimmy Lai there has impacted on those who rely on a free press for the truth… www.libdemvoice.org/from-hks-tai...
Tim Holden offers a message to those who voted Leave in 2016… www.libdemvoice.org/hope-dawns-f...
Hope dawns for Britain’s neglected communities: honouring the Brexit vote by fixing trade, not leaving prosperity behind
To the proud Leave voters across the Midlands, the North East, the South, Wales and all areas that backed the decision: You voted for sovereignty, you voted to take back control, and you voted for a b...
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December 15, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Tim Holden offers a message to those who voted Leave in 2016… www.libdemvoice.org/hope-dawns-f...
Mick Taylor wonders aloud about the viability of endless economic growth… www.libdemvoice.org/equality-deg...
Equality, degrowth and survival
I am becoming increasingly concerned by the party’s continued stress on economic growth. This is in total contradiction to what is necessary on the environment. Of course, when pressed, this aim is he...
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December 15, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Mick Taylor wonders aloud about the viability of endless economic growth… www.libdemvoice.org/equality-deg...
“Net-zero immigration” is the latest trope designed to damage our economy. @aviarm.com explains just how it would harm our economic future as a nation… www.libdemvoice.org/what-is-the-...
What is the “right” level of immigration to the UK?
There are few current issues more emotive than that of immigration, so I wanted to take a dispassionate view of the future demographic and economic implications of where we are now, and what might hap...
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December 15, 2025 at 12:55 PM
“Net-zero immigration” is the latest trope designed to damage our economy. @aviarm.com explains just how it would harm our economic future as a nation… www.libdemvoice.org/what-is-the-...
The overnight press releases on patient discharges and the Scottish economy, courtesy of @alisonebennett.bsky.social and @alex.scotlibdems.org.uk are up… www.libdemvoice.org/15-december-...
15 December 2025 – the overnight press releases
“Less than two weeks to save Christmas” – Lib Dems call for new winter discharge unit as figures reveal patients wait 268 days to leave hospital Brexit and SNP missed opportunities are costing Scotlan...
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December 15, 2025 at 12:52 PM
The overnight press releases on patient discharges and the Scottish economy, courtesy of @alisonebennett.bsky.social and @alex.scotlibdems.org.uk are up… www.libdemvoice.org/15-december-...
The chaos that is Your Party suggests a yearning for a radical, progressive force in British politics, notes Mathew Hulbert. And why can’t it be the Liberal Democrats?… www.libdemvoice.org/mathew-on-mo...
Mathew on Monday: Why the Lib Dems must be the credible alternative in a chaotic political landscape
The launch of “Your Party” over the weekend – the Jeremy Corbyn/Zarah Sultana-backed left-wing challenger to Labour – was hyped as being a show of unity, clarity, and a bold new politics. Instead, it ...
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December 1, 2025 at 6:40 PM
The chaos that is Your Party suggests a yearning for a radical, progressive force in British politics, notes Mathew Hulbert. And why can’t it be the Liberal Democrats?… www.libdemvoice.org/mathew-on-mo...
This year’s Budget wasn’t all bad, but as Michael Berwick-Gooding notes, it could have been so much better… www.libdemvoice.org/an-ok-budget...
An OK budget, but it could have been much better
Rachel Reeves’ second budget has some things which we should like plus some things we should dislike.
Ed Davey shouldn’t attack the government for increasing the tax burden. We as a party should acc...
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December 1, 2025 at 2:57 PM
This year’s Budget wasn’t all bad, but as Michael Berwick-Gooding notes, it could have been so much better… www.libdemvoice.org/an-ok-budget...
“Why have the Liberal Democrats changed their stance on the mansion tax?”, asks Paul Hindley, who disagrees with Ed Davey on the subject… www.libdemvoice.org/ed-davey-is-...
Ed Davey is wrong to U-turn on a Mansion Tax
There was much in Rachel Reeves’ Budget last week for Liberal Democrats to criticise. The freezing of the income tax bands is a stealth tax. It will gradually push many people over time into higher ta...
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December 1, 2025 at 12:42 PM
“Why have the Liberal Democrats changed their stance on the mansion tax?”, asks Paul Hindley, who disagrees with Ed Davey on the subject… www.libdemvoice.org/ed-davey-is-...
What are Lib Dems saying about the Budget? by @caronmlindsay.bsky.social www.libdemvoice.org/what-are-lib...
What are Lib Dems saying about the Budget?
I don’t know if you feel the same, but it seems to me that this is the longest run-up to a Budget that I can remember. We’ve been talking about it forever. At times the Government’s communications ar...
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November 26, 2025 at 9:42 AM
What are Lib Dems saying about the Budget? by @caronmlindsay.bsky.social www.libdemvoice.org/what-are-lib...
It’s Monday, and so Mathew Hulbert is back with his views on intergenerational inequity and Brexit. And he’s even nice about a Labour MP… www.libdemvoice.org/mathew-on-mo...
Mathew on Monday: time to end the triple lock and finally give younger generations a fair deal
On Wednesday the Chancellor Rachel Reeves will deliver her long awaited (long feared?) Budget at a critical time for Britain’s economy and society. As liberals committed to inter-generational fairness...
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November 24, 2025 at 6:47 PM
It’s Monday, and so Mathew Hulbert is back with his views on intergenerational inequity and Brexit. And he’s even nice about a Labour MP… www.libdemvoice.org/mathew-on-mo...
Wealth taxes are a hot topic in the run-up to another difficult Budget for Rachel Reeves, and we’re grateful to Vince Cable for his thoughts on the subject… www.libdemvoice.org/what-happene...
What happened to wealth tax?
There are few issues which animate both the super-rich and the political Left more than the notion of a wealth tax. The idea has been championed by the French Left: a 2% levy would be levied on the ro...
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November 24, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Wealth taxes are a hot topic in the run-up to another difficult Budget for Rachel Reeves, and we’re grateful to Vince Cable for his thoughts on the subject… www.libdemvoice.org/what-happene...
Local government transparency is an increasing concern as local reporting fades. Owen Meredith offers an independent view of efforts to reinvigorate it… www.libdemvoice.org/the-battle-f...
The battle for local government transparency starts here
Our local news media is at the heart of community and the first line of defence against corruption in public life. Across the country, thousands of local journalists work tirelessly to hold power to a...
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November 24, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Local government transparency is an increasing concern as local reporting fades. Owen Meredith offers an independent view of efforts to reinvigorate it… www.libdemvoice.org/the-battle-f...
Labour’s inhumanity must be opposed by @paulhindley2210.bsky.social
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Labour’s inhumanity must be opposed!
Immigration and asylum have been dominant political issues since the general election last year. These issues have been amplified by Reform UK, the Conservatives and right-wing media outlets. However,...
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November 19, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Labour’s inhumanity must be opposed by @paulhindley2210.bsky.social
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Labour has lost its political and moral compass says Kamran Hussain
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Labour has lost its moral and political compass
I have been a Liberal Democrat for many years, and I never imagined a time when a major party on the centre-left would be celebrating its immigration policy alongside the very architects of anti-immig...
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November 19, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Labour has lost its political and moral compass says Kamran Hussain
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Good practice in palliative care by @kmaryreid.bsky.social. Our team member Mary's husband Ian died last month. Here she writes about the excellent care he and the family received in the last few days of his life. www.libdemvoice.org/good-practic...
Good practice in palliative care
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...
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November 15, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Good practice in palliative care by @kmaryreid.bsky.social. Our team member Mary's husband Ian died last month. Here she writes about the excellent care he and the family received in the last few days of his life. www.libdemvoice.org/good-practic...
Lib Dems internal elections update: www.libdemvoice.org/statememt-on...
Internal Elections update – Federal Appeals Panel, statements from official party organisations and presidential candidates
This afternoon, the party’s highest dispute resolution panel met to discuss the ruling issued by the Returning Officer on 27th October, prior to the ballots opening in the federal party elections. Luc...
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November 10, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Lib Dems internal elections update: www.libdemvoice.org/statememt-on...
What is a liberal party for? by @caronmlindsay.bsky.social. Some thoughts on party strategy and the controversy over diversity quotas. www.libdemvoice.org/what-is-a-li...
What is a liberal party for?
We've talked a lot about the changes the party has made to diversity quotas for the forthcoming presidential election this week. Presidential candidates Prue and Josh have had their say, as have Rebec...
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November 2, 2025 at 4:07 PM
What is a liberal party for? by @caronmlindsay.bsky.social. Some thoughts on party strategy and the controversy over diversity quotas. www.libdemvoice.org/what-is-a-li...
I am so angry, I almost can’t type. By @pruebray.bsky.social www.libdemvoice.org/prue-bray-i-...
Prue Bray: I am so angry I almost can’t type
We are in the middle of elections for internal roles in the Federal party, and I am one of the candidates for President. Voting opens tomorrow. So, this morning, I sat down to write a piece about why ...
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October 27, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I am so angry, I almost can’t type. By @pruebray.bsky.social www.libdemvoice.org/prue-bray-i-...
Meanwhile, north and west of the English borders, David Chadwick wants the Welsh steel industry to get a bit of love, whilst @willierennie.bsky.social is calling for transformation of Scotland’s care system and @eddavey.libdems.org.uk has been talking renewables… www.libdemvoice.org/8-october-20...
8 October 2025 - today's Scottish and Welsh press releases
Rennie comments on embargoed care system report
Davey visits Edinburgh College and sets out plans to cut bills
UK Government must strike steel deal to save what’s left of Welsh industry
Rennie com...
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October 8, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Meanwhile, north and west of the English borders, David Chadwick wants the Welsh steel industry to get a bit of love, whilst @willierennie.bsky.social is calling for transformation of Scotland’s care system and @eddavey.libdems.org.uk has been talking renewables… www.libdemvoice.org/8-october-20...
If Kemi Badenoch be the food of chaos, play on, play on, Kemi… today’s Federal press releases focus on Tory fantasy economics, whilst @calummillerld.bsky.social is tougher on China than Labour are…
October 8, 2025 at 9:43 PM
If Kemi Badenoch be the food of chaos, play on, play on, Kemi… today’s Federal press releases focus on Tory fantasy economics, whilst @calummillerld.bsky.social is tougher on China than Labour are…
Ed Davey invites "one nation Conservatives" to join the Liberal Democrats by @caronmlindsay.bsky.social www.libdemvoice.org/ed-davey-inv...
Ed Davey invites “one nation” Tories to join Lib Dems
As Kemi Badenoch frightened a lot of progressive horses with her plans to get rid of the Climate Change Act, leave the European Convention on Human Rights, put the Human Rights Act on a bonfire and be...
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October 8, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Ed Davey invites "one nation Conservatives" to join the Liberal Democrats by @caronmlindsay.bsky.social www.libdemvoice.org/ed-davey-inv...
Today’s @libdems.org.uk press releases are live now, with @eddavey.libdems.org.uk marking the second anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel, @libdemdaisy.bsky.social noting, for the benefit of Reform, that local government finance is hard…
October 6, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Today’s @libdems.org.uk press releases are live now, with @eddavey.libdems.org.uk marking the second anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel, @libdemdaisy.bsky.social noting, for the benefit of Reform, that local government finance is hard…