We are the party of civil liberties - that is what, we would argue, should be an uncontested fact. From the Snoopers Charter to campaigning for equal rights for minority communities, it is the raison ...

So, God love our party but aaarrrggghhh sometimes it drives me crazy. So, before I rant (I know…not like me at all, right?; LDV Editor: “Er, if you say so Mathew”), let me say that I do indeed love ...

We cannot sit idly by while the humanitarian catastrophe in the Strip worsens even further. That’s why Keir Starmer must seize the opportunity of Trump’s visit with both hands – and push him ...

Liberals have a proud record of opposing state intrusion into daily life. I learned the story of the Liberal role in liberating UK citizens from compulsory ID cards after the end of the Second ...

The statistics revealed that in the year ending March 2025, shoplifting offences soared by 20% to the highest figure on record since current police recording practices began in 2003. 530,643 ...

The wild rollercoaster of the 1920s The 1920s are rather the forgotten decade of British politics. The ‘long 1920s’, from the general election of 1918 until that of 1931, was a wild ...

Lib Dems slam Govt for forcing through foreign state news ownership in face of “historic” cross-party resistance Cleverly on ECHR: Cracks in Badenoch’s reshuffle starting to show Lib Dems ...

Dick Newby has served us very well as Lib Dem Leader in the Lords since September 2016. He has now stood down and there was an election to replace him between Yorkshire’s Kath Pinnock and ...

On Wednesday, 16 July, I attended my first Full Council meeting as a Deputy Mayor. I sat quietly next to the Mayor of Welwyn Hatfield. It did feel different. Did it feel strange? Yes, it did ...

Wow! The Mayor of Welwyn Hatfield and I, only a week or so ago, spoke with students from Stanborough School about whether the voting age should be lowered to 16. We divided the Council Chamber ...

What is this Labour government playing at? Having steadfastly refused to abolish OFWAT until last week, they now blithely announce, as if it’s some great triumph, that sewerage dumping will ...

The UK–US trade deal is being celebrated in Westminster as the first tangible post-Brexit win for a beleaguered trading nation. The UK–US trade deal explicitly includes agricultural and food ...