Three Spectacular Gains for the Liberal Democrats from the Tories in a Busy Night of By-Election Counts!
BY-ELECTION ROUND UP - 15th February was a busy night!
16 Feb 2018
National News
No love lost on the road to Brexit
Love may be in the air but there is little of it lost between cabinet colleagues this Valentine's Day. With Britain negotiating as a disunited unit of one against a united block of 27 countries, the prospect of either 'no deal' or a very poor deal is growing. The prime minister's reaffirmation that she is negotiating to leave the customs union as well as the single market guarantees that there will be a hard and disruptive form of Brexit.
SVC
16 Feb 2018
Ray Morgan - Woking Council Chief Exec or Tory Spin Doctor?
The Lib Dems have accused Ray Morgan, the Chief Executive of Woking Borough Council, of acting as a spin doctor when he offered...
16 Feb 2018
Inaugural meeting of the Race Equality Policy Working Group
On 13 February, eve of Valentine's Day, members of the Race Equality Policy Working Group met for the first time at LDHQ. I mention Valentine's Day because this is very much a labour of love for those of us who have volunteered to assist the Party in its policy making on this important subject.
ME
16 Feb 2018
“Utterly damning report” on PIP and ESA Assessments
Yesterday, the government published the latest Work and Pensions Select Committee report on PIP and ESA Assessments.
KJ
16 Feb 2018
Lib Dem budget would find more for schools and mental health
More money for young people's mental health, children with special needs and Devon's schools is at the core of the alternative budget launched by the county's Liberal Democrats - but all amendments put before Devon County Council were voted down by the Conservatives when they passed their new budget on Thursday.
16 Feb 2018