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Devolution – whither localism? Part 2
The government’s White Paper on devolution within England proposes unitary local authorities with a minimum population of 500,000, as discussed in part one of this article. The other significant ...
Liberal Democrat Voice6d
ALDC’s by-election report – 13 February
There are 7 principal council by-elections held across England, Scotland, and Wales this week; with a combined of 3 Labour, 2 Lib Dem, 1 Conservative, and 1 Green Party defence. Seats changed ...
Liberal Democrat Voice6h
We should be spending 4% of GDP on defence
As Liberal Democrats our first task is to keep our society as fair, free and open as we can. This society is threatened by a more aggressive Russia and a less reliable USA. This threat has to be right ...
Liberal Democrat Voice6d
Christine Jardine: At the centre of the culture wars are people who just want to live their lives
Christine Jardine was described by Labour MP Nadia Whittome as having “long been ahead of many in this House when it comes to equalities issues, including being outspoken in support of the ...
Liberal Democrat Voice11d
ALDC by-election Report, 6th February
We need to be careful about how local papers report results where Reform do reasonably well. There was also a town council election in Taunton (Lyngford) which the Liberal Democrats held with ...
Liberal Democrat Voice8d
Agenda for Spring Conference
Spring Conference will be in Harrogate from 21st to 23rd March. You can now see the agenda here.Policy motions cover: Science, Innovation and Technology Free to be Who You Are The UK’s Response ...
Liberal Democrat Voice9d
It’s time to practice what we preach
Alison is very diplomatic above. And I completely endorse what she says about our efforts to work as “one party”. But this motion is the very opposite of that. We’ve just seen our most ...
Liberal Democrat Voice10d
Why populism thrives and how we beat it – Part 2
In Part 1, I introduced some ideas about how we beat populism, focusing on immigration. Today, I am going to look at the NHS, the economy and our political system. The NHS is under siege, and the ...
Liberal Democrat Voice12d
The speech Ed Davey should have made on the EU
Hats off to Ed Davey for calling for an EU/UK customs union. Last month’s call rightly attracted media attention, and amounts to the first step towards the Lib Dems re-establishing ourselves as ...
Liberal Democrat Voice10d
William Wallace writes: Spending Cuts or Tax Increases? Can we avoid the choice?
We are not a high tax country compared to many others, as the OBR and IFS have been saying for the last couple of years. Conservative propaganda always plays this to people’s feelings and I was ...
Liberal Democrat Voice13d
An opportunity to help shape party policy
Lib Dem Voice welcomes comments from everyone but we ask you to be polite, to be on topic and to be who you say you are.You can read our comments policy in full here.Please respect it and all ...
Liberal Democrat Voice9d
We need to talk about the government’s AI plans
If you asked someone a few years ago which party formed a British government wanting to exempt AI firms from having to adhere to copyright laws and joining the Trump government in refusing to ...