All news on the topic: Liberal Democrats

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Poll shows Labour now leads the Tories even amongst the country's wealthiest
A survey of High Net Worth Individuals by wealth management firm Saltus found they were almost twice as likely to back Keir Starmer over Rishi Sunak at the election
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Tory minister gives strange excuse for not handing back £8,000 pay-off
Tory Health Minister Maria Caulfield pocketed thousands of pounds in severance pay despite returning to the same job just seven weeks later - and she has refused to give it back
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Tory minister pocketed £8,000 pay-off then returned to job seven weeks later
Maria Caulfield received £7,920 in severance when she was sacked as a Health Minister in September 2022, but kept the money when she returned to her old department weeks later
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Rishi Sunak suffers double by-election nightmare - see results in full
In a stonking victory Labour overturned an 18,000 majority in Wellingborough on a 28.5% swing - the second biggest from the Tories at a by-election since the Second World War
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Rishi’s promises to kickstart economy in tatters as UK plunges into recession
There are concerns there will be yet more savage cuts to decimated public services - the Office for National Statistics, on Thursday, said the economy shrank by a worse-than-feared 0.3% in the final three months of last year
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'Rishi's recession' shows Sunak can 'no longer claim his plan is working'
Rachel Reeves says Rishi Sunak's economic policies are "in tatters" after ONS data showed the UK entered a recession at the end of last year in a hammer blow to the PM
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Tories need 'geography lessons' after Network North vow includes South funding
An official document on the 'Network North' scheme outlines plans for rail not only in the North and the Midlands, but also in London and in areas as far south as Devon
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Bombshell mega-poll predicts Tories will lose three-quarters of seats in wipeout
The MRP poll that surveyed 18,000 people projects Rishi Sunak will be left with just 80 MPs, which would be the party’s worst result in history and see 18 Cabinet ministers ousted
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12,000 nurses, police officers and firefighters off sick in waiting list chaos
A whopping 8,614 nurses, 2,752 police officers and 568 firefighters are away from work for long term health reasons, according to data uncovered by the Liberal Democrats
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NHS crisis sees more than 1.5million people wait for 12 hours in A&E in a year
Hospital chiefs warned that ministers urgently need to draw up a plan to fix the over-stretched health service as figures showed that one in 10 patients waited for 12 hours in A&E
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Dentists warn 'rescue plan' will fail to end crisis as 60,000 sign our petition
Tens of thousands of people have signed a petition we have launched with the British Dental Association on the 38 Degrees website calling on the PM to save NHS dentistry
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Top Tory accused of offering 'VIP lane' for Rishi Sunak's wife's firm in UK
A Mirror Investigation has revealed details of a meeting between a top Conservative operator and the tech company in which Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's wife Akshata has £624m in shares
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Councils face devastating service cuts as £5.8billion Tory black hole exposed
Every single council bar one is expected to experience a real-terms cut in funding, with more than 200 authorities set to experience a reduction of more than 30%
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UK-Canada trade talks have not 'broken down' says business secretary
The Business and Trade Secretary said "multiple discussions" are ongoing with Canada, while negotiations on a free trade agreement (FTA) have been "paused"
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When the next general election will be - and which party is likely to win
Dithering Rishi Sunak is under pressure to call the next general election as fed-up voters demand a chance to deliver their verdict on 14 years of Conservative rule
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Rapists and burglars are let off hook as suspects prosecuted in 6% of crimes
Home Office figures reveal that just 5.9% of crimes in England and Wales resulted in a suspect being charged or summoned - including just 2.4% of rape allegations
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Fury as GP funding slashed by £350million with patients facing long waits
Rishi Sunak has been accused of overseeing an 'unforgivable' drop in GP funding after analysis by the Lib Dems found that real-terms spending has dropped by £12 per patient
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Britain's dental health crisis exposed as hundreds of children in hospital
The latest data shows 40% of kids don't have regular NHS check-ups and that 104,133 children went to hospital with rotten teeth over the past five years. In 2022 alone there were 116 extractions every day
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Rishi Sunak still can't say if Rwanda flights will take off before next election
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak echoed Theresa May's Brexit warnings to urge the House of Lords 'not to frustrate the will of the people' by opposing the Safety of Rwanda Bill
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Rishi Sunak set to meet just four out of 40 environmental targets, watchdog says
Campaigners have blasted the Government for failing to meet the vast majority of its own targets to protect the environment - several of which are legally binding
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PM slapped down by watchdog after 'misleading' claim asylum backlog is cleared
The Prime Minister was accused of telling a 'barefaced lie' when he tweeted that the asylum backlog had been cleared as figures show thousands are still waiting
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Homes still being built in flood risk areas despite devastation caused by storms
The Public Accounts Committee accused the government of letting existing flood defences fall into disrepair and turning a blind eye to property development in high risk areas
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'Optical illusion' cycle lane deemed 'too dangerous' after 100 people injured
An estimated 100 people have been injured on the cycle lane since it was installed in 2022 - including fractures, lost teeth, and significant bruising
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Lib Dem candidate sorry for calling village 'most inbred in Britain'
Jemma Joy, who is standing for the Liberal Democrats in Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland, apologised for the 2010 post, which was intended to be 'sarcastic'
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Lib Dem leader Ed Davey accused of parroting Post Office in Horizon IT scandal
Letters between Sir Ed Davey, then-Minister for Postal Affairs, and Alan Bates, a former sub-postmaster and campaigner, reveal Sir Ed's willingness to believe the Post Office