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How Somerset has fared since the general election
Friday (July 4) marks once year since the general election which saw Sir Keir Starmer lead Labour back into government after 14 years in the wilderness. Local democracy reporter Daniel Mumby looks ...
NORMAN Stevens (Britain has gone soft on criminals, Herald, 5th June) writes that Britain is being too soft on crime, which ...
Most of my time is spent on casework, where party politics has no place. Residents come to me with planning problems, housing ...
The considerable gap between the Lib Dems's 71 seats and Reform's four is due to the right-wing's vote share being more ...
The Liberal Democrats have taken control of a council after a by-election. The election for Wokingham Borough Council was called following the death of Conservative councillor Norman Jorgensen in ...
Calls have been made by Oxfordshire's Liberal Democrat MPs for the government to scrap water regulator Ofwat. It comes after figures revealed Thames Water pumped 298,081 hours of sewage into ...
Lib Dems urge govt to ‘publish’ Iran Israel legal advice. Russia's economy minister says the country is on the brink of recession Chart-topping 60s singer dies aged 82 Britain ‘may have to ...
While the £350 million figure was bandied around during the Brexit referendum, the UK’s contribution to the EU budget was more like £234 million a week. Not only that, but it cost the UK around £30.2 ...
EMBARGO: Immediate Release Responding to reports that the Government is set to extend the £3 bus fare cap, Liberal Democrat Transport Spokesperson Paul Kohler MP said: “Household budgets are still ...
EMBARGO: Immediate Release Responding to reports that the Attorney General has warned that the UK joining in on a war in Iran may be illegal, Ed Davey, Liberal Democrat Leader, said: “The Government ...
Political intrigue is alive in Whitehall’s corridors, as Labour’s welfare reforms have landed a number of MPs on ‘resignation watch.’ On the benches opposite, Tories on the left of the party are being ...
AN MP has sparked a fresh expenses scandal after making taxpayers pick up the bill for her Christmas party. Lib Dem Sarah Gibson took her team out to a restaurant for the festive dinner — before ...