Conference on Saturday
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16 Sep 2017
National News
Lib Dems to debate the poor Implementation of Universal Credit.
Another motion, which was successful in the emergency motion ballot, will be debated on Monday, was on the chaos around the Implementation of Universal Credit.
GR
16 Sep 2017
Lib Dems to debate the UK Government treatment of disabled people
After successfully coming through the ballot on emergency motions at the Bournemouth Conference, Liberal Democrats will debate the motion that was backed by LDDA, on the UK Government's treatment of disabled people.
GR
16 Sep 2017
What Vince Cable wants to do next on tuition fees
What to do about tuition fees? For the Liberal Democrats, there are two frequent political mistakes made when trying to answer that question. The first is to misunderstand the political problem from the Coalition years. Nearly all of the collapse in the Liberal Democrat poll ratings in 2010-15 came before the decision to back increases in tuition fees. Although subsequently the issue came to symbolise what many people felt about the Coalition, it was just that - the symbol, not the cause. The damage was mostly done before tuition fee decisions were made.
MP
16 Sep 2017
Sharon's Challenge
Sharon Harris, a councillor on Warrington Borough and Appleton Parish councils, saw her mother Anne Kirwan suffer for two years...
AR
15 Sep 2017
Shock as Government Proposes Massive Increase in Bedford Borough Housebuilding Targets
Under government plans to impose new housebuilding targets on local areas, Bedford Borough Council will be required to plan for the building of 25,600 new homes, an increase of more than a third on current plans.
15 Sep 2017