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What we need is not constant ‘growth’ or complete ‘degrowth’ but intelligent economic development
In his recent article, John Hills offers some helpful reflections about the political future of the LibDems. As John writes: ‘It is necessary to go beyond individual policies and good ideas, to find ...
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Maiden speeches: Ben Maguire MP for North Cornwall
Ben Maguire made his maiden speech on Thursday 10th October in a debate entitled “Sport: TeamGB and ParalympicsGB”: Here is the full text of the speech: Many congratulations to the hon. Member for ...
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Maiden speeches: David Chadwick MP for Brecon, Radnor & Cwm Tawe
David Chadwick made his maiden speech on Tuesday 8th October during a debate on Farming & Food Security: Here is the full text of the speech: I stand here as the first ever MP for Brecon, Radnor and ...
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Maiden speeches: Vikki Slade MP for Mid Dorset & North Poole
Vikki Slade made her maiden speech on Thursday 10th October in a debate entitled “Sport: TeamGB and ParalympicsGB”: ...
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Assisted Dying and Palliative Care; it isn’t a choice, we need both.
With Kim Leadbeater’s Private Members Bill on Assisted Dying comes up for its Second Reading at the end of next month, now is ...
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Daisy Cooper says no to fuel and NI rises and yes to more investment in public services
Daisy Cooper was on Sunday with Trevor Phillips on Sky News. As our new Treasury Spokesperson, she was asked about what she ...
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Leicester Liberal Democrats pay tribute to Roger Blackmore
Leicester Liberal Democrats have shared their tribute to former Lord Mayor and Council Leader, Roger Blackmore, who died last ...
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Don’t forget to contribute to the General Election Review
After every General Election, it's become our habit to have a good look at what went well and what went badly and publish a ...
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Are we still the party of Beveridge?
The Liberal Democrats, ran on a manifesto focusing on health and social care. However upon reading it on the day of its release I was disappointed - because it actually said very little about ...
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We should oppose any mass surveillance in Labour’s Fraud Bill
In Citizen’s Britain Paddy Ashdown argued that despite the Conservative government’s claims of “rolling back the frontiers of ...
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ALDC By-Election Report, 17th October
It’s back-to-back by-election gargantuan week for by-elections as we see 16 held this Thursday. It was another disaster week for Labour: they only held half of the 8 seats they were defending ...
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LibLink Christine Jardine: Why cruel laws forbidding terminally ill people from ending their life must change
Edinburgh West's Lib Dem MP Christine Jardine has long been an advocate for a change in the law to allow assisted dying in limited circumstances. Ahead of Labour MP Kim Leadbetter introducing a Privat ...