Lib Dems win clean sweep of by-elections
The sweep of four victories on 30 November means that the Liberal Democrats have gained seven council seats in November.
The sweep of four victories on 30 November means that the Liberal Democrats have gained seven council seats in November.
It's been in the news recently that many cohabiting couples don't realise that they have no legal rights or remedies in the event of a breakup. Earlier in the year, the Court of Appeal rejected Rebecca Steinfeld and Charles Keidan when they sought a change in the law to allow heterosexual couples to enter civil partnerships. As a progressive party, believing passionately in the freedom of every individual to live their life as we please, we Liberal Democrats should seriously consider lending our support to cohabitees and to opposite sex couples wanting to enter civil partnerships as an alternative to marriage.
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Moseley Liberal Democrat campaigners David Farrow and Izzy Knowles were litter picking in Belle Walk at Yardley Wood Road with fellow #moseleylitterbusters this morning.
Four council by-elections this cold week, all in southern England. They come with the neat simplicity of one defence each for Conservatives, Labour, Liberal Democrats and Ukip. A neat simplicity of results too: all won by the Liberal Democrats in the party's best council by-election night for a long time.
Shropshire Councillor Heather Kidd has made a radical bid to alter the way Shropshire Council delivery affordable homes in the County