Vital plans to upgrade Cumbria's infrastructure to make it more flood resilient are set to be shelved following the government's decision to award Cumbria only a fraction of the funds it had expected. South Cumbria MP Tim Farron has slammed the decision as "a kick in the teeth for local people who suffered under last year's floods".
Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron has written to Jeremy Corbyn to call on him to clear up 'once and for all' his party's position on Article 50. Dear Jeremy,
The budget papers have been published here. Have a look and see what you think.
We have two by-elections to fight within five weeks, so this is urgent. It was bad enough that Prime Minister May declared on January 17th her intention for Britain to leave the single market and make a definite break with the EU. But it was also made clear subsequently that, when the negotiations on terms of leaving are completed, the options she intends to put to Parliament will be to either accept them, or reject them and leave without a deal.
The government's Brexit strategy is a betrayal of values that has stunned Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron If 2016 felt like a never-ending cycle of shocks and surprises, then 2017 already shows no sign of relenting. As a liberal and a progressive, in a week where the Prime Minister confirmed her intentions for a Hard Brexit and we witness the inauguration of Donald Trump to the highest office in the world - I could be forgiven for feeling rather nauseous.
Nick Clegg was on the Andrew Marr show on Sunday talking about the opportunity that exists for the House of Commons to amend any Article 50 legislation that comes before it, the potential for post-Brexit trade deals (nothing comes close to being as good as what we have at the moment) and the state of the Labour Party. It's failure to be a decent opposition on the biggest issue to face this country for some time will cost it, says Nick. It'll be "cannibalised" by UKIP in the north and the Liberal Democrats in the south. Watch the whole thing courtesy of BBC Politics here.