Cost of living
Labour’s Budget – “A Missed opportunity”
Local Lib Dem leader Oliver Brooks says "Rachel Reeves’ budget will produce dismal growth over the next five years*
27 Nov 2025
National News
Cameron Thomas
Tewkesbury MP Cameron Thomas hails victory, in fight for coal staff justice
Cameron Thomas has welcomed an announcement in the latest government budget, that it will fully transfer pension funds to members of the British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme (BCSSS).
27 Nov 2025
Monica Harding MP
My speech during the Budget debate
This Budget isn’t a national mission for growth; it’s a low-growth budget from a low-growth Government which pulls thousands of people into higher tax, punishing working families in Esher and Walton and waging a quiet war on aspiration.
27 Nov 2025
“No timeline” for stopping dangerous U-turns, says Labour council
Southwark Council has told local councillors that’s “no timeline” for implementing fully funded changes to stop u-turns on West Lane, the Liberal Democrats can reveal.
27 Nov 2025
Support Our Shops – Stop The Fines!
Liberal Democrat councillors in Dringhouses & Woodthorpe ward are calling on the owner of a private car park to suspend new management arrangements after scores of shoppers have been hit with £60 fines.
27 Nov 2025
Cole-Hamilton campaigns in Dunoon as he calls Argyll & Bute “two horse race”
As he heads to campaign in Dunoon, Scottish Liberal Democrat Leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has said that people in Argyll & Bute will have a straight choice between SNP neglect or Lib Dem change with fairness at its heart at next May’s election.
27 Nov 2025