Lib Dems would keep the pensions triple lock
Over 23,000 people living in South West Wiltshire would receive at least an extra £770 per year under Liberal Democrat manifesto plans to protect the 'triple lock' for state pensions.
7 May 2017
National News
Ed Davey: Disgrace Government had to be dragged through courts on air pollution
The Government has announced it won't challenge the High Court judgement and will publish a draft plan to tackle air pollution next week, after having attempted to delay the plans until after the election. Ed Davey, former Liberal Democrat Energy and Climate Change Secretary and the party's candidate for Kingston and Surbiton, commented:
7 May 2017
The Liberal Democrat Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Newton Abbot
On May 6th 2017 Newton Abbot Lib Dems unanimously approved our candidate for Westminster to represent the Newton Abbot constituency.
7 May 2017
Thank You Jane and Carl
Big thanks to Jane Brophy and Carl Cashman, our candidates in the Greater Manchester and Liverpool City Region Mayoral contests.
7 May 2017
Lib Dems back continuation of Triple Lock for pensioners
More news out about what will be in the Liberal Democrat general election manifesto (preview here): the Triple Lock for pensioners, one of the party's achievements in coalition and not to be confused with the party's internal triple lock, is in there once again. Here's what the party news release says about a policy which the Conservatives are flirting with abandoning:
7 May 2017
May is dancing to the ignorantly chauvinistic, jingoistic tunes of the discredited Eurosceptic right
In an editorial criticising the Prime Minister's approach to Bexit talks the Observer's editor writes:
7 May 2017