All news on the topic: Liberal Democrats

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Tories could lose over 1,000 seats at May local elections, election experts say
Elections experts Collin Rallings and Michael Thrasher said Keir Starmer's Labour Party could scoop 700 seats if there is a swing of 6% from the Conservatives on 4 May.
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NHS hospitals relying on ageing kit - with vital equipment dating back to 1980s
Some 541 pieces of critical equipment such as X ray machines, CT scanners and radiotherapy machines are over a decade old, according to figures from 69 NHS hospital trusts in England
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Government handed out £300million in free 'pollution permits' to UK airlines
The UK’s Emissions Trading Scheme is meant to reduce carbon emissions by forcing big polluters to buy permits for each tonne of carbon they emit, and has seen Ryanair, easyJet and British Airways receive millions of pounds worth of free permits
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Tory politician sparks fury with 'racist' Ian Wright tweet over Gary Lineker row
Alexis McEvoy, a councillor in New Forest, sparked fury with the tweet branded as racist after she called Ian Wright a 'typical black hypocrite' because he supports Gary Lineker
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Cross-party MPs call on Jeremy Hunt to extend free school meals lifeline
A cross-party group of MPs has written to the Chancellor calling on the Government to provide the benefit for all primary school pupils in England, which the Mirror and National Education Union are fighting for, in line with promises in Wales and Scotland.
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Rishi Sunak denies betraying the North again as anger over HS2 delay grows
The Prime Minister hit back at anger over the delay to the flagship project following a massive backlash which saw the Tories accused of betraying voters in the North and Midlands
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Rishi Sunak confronted over woman's death after she faced 8 hour ambulance wait
The elderly woman called Jean drove herself to hospital in Eastbourne after being told she would have to wait eight hours for am ambulance. She collapsed in A&E and died an hour later
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Rishi Sunak's 'half-baked' immigration plan 'will punish desperate refugees'
Critics have warned proposed legislation banning people who come here on small boats from making asylum claims will bring chaos while failing to end the dangerous Channel crossings
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Burglar dodges jail for 56th raid - despite having 261 previous convictions
Nine serial offenders - including a sex attacker with 203 previous offences - were handed suspended sentences or community orders instead of jail time in 2021, figures show
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Docking benefits of parents and carers if pupils truant is wholly unfair
Scapegoating parents and carers, often at the end of their tether when children are going off the rails, is not the answer - it would just make life worse for the households affected
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Brits back Ukraine joining the EU - even though UK quit bloc three years ago
A survey for the pro-EU European Movement UK revealed support for Kyiv joining the Brussels bloc - on the same day NATO's boss said Ukraine will join the alliance in the long-term
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Parents of truanting children should have benefits docked, says Michael Gove
Tory Cabinet minister Michael Gove warned the government could revive plans to penalise families, but teaching unions said targeting benefit payments would just end up hurting children
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Brian Paddick's husband haunting social media post days before sudden death
Liberal Democrat peer Brian Paddick announced the death of his beloved husband Petter Belsvik on Monday morning, 14 years on from marrying the civil engineer from Oslo one year on from appearing on I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
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I'm A Celeb's Brian Paddick devastated as 'beautiful' husband dies suddenly
Former I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! star and Liberal Democrat Brian Paddick has shared his heartbreak after his husband Petter Belsvik was found dead at home
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Ex-MP Luciana Berger rejoins Labour four years after quitting over anti-Semitism
Ms Berger's annoucement to return to her 'political home' after four years also came as Labour's general election war chest was boosted with a £2million donation from former donor Lord David Sainsbury
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Keir Starmer unveils five ‘missions’ under blueprint for Labour Government
In a keynote speech in Manchester, Labour leader Keir Starmer slammed Rishi Sunak's 'sticking plaster' approach to fixing some of the country's greatest challenges
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London free school meals to make 'irrefutable' case for change says ex-food tsar
Henry Dimbleby, who authored the National Food Strategy for Boris Johnson, said the game-changing decision by London Mayor Sadiq Khan to offer free school meals to all primary pupils in the capital would prove the benefit of the scheme
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'National scandal' as crumbling hospitals record hundreds of sewage leaks
Data from 55 NHS trusts in England show there were 456 sewage leaks in hospitals over 12 months - a situation branded a "national scandal" by Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Dave
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Lee Anderson backs out of deal to deliver 48000 Lib Dem leaflets criticising him
The Ashfield MP told the Lib Dems if they sent him a stack of their new poster pointing some of his quotes on the death penalty, food banks and poverty he'd distribute them himself. So they did. Here's what happened
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Brits face 'cost of loving crisis' as Valentine's Day celebrations bill soars
The average cost of celebrating Valentine’s Day has risen to £159 this year, as the bill for treats like chocolates, red roses and three-course meals rose, according to new analysis
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Disgraced ex-MP Jared O'Mara still 'believes he did nothing wrong' says ex-aide
Jared O'Mara's political career is one of the most chaotic episodes in modern politics. Here's how he went from local bar DJ to being jailed for tens of thousands in fraud
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Ex-MP Jared O'Mara guilty of fraud after claiming £24,000 for cocaine lifestyle
The judge said O'Mara had been accused of trying to fraudulently claim up to £30,000 in taxpayers' money to fund an "extravagant lifestyle - drink, cigarettes and, above all, cocaine"
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Three in five Brits fear crisis-hit social care system will not meet their needs
The alert comes in a poll for the Liberal Democrats amid growing warnings about the impact the social care crisis is having on the under-pressure NHS as it battles strikes and backlogs
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Campaigners warning over US tech giant's NHS links as deadline for deal looms
Palantir is in the running for a major contract with the health service, with the initial deadline for applying for the bumper bonanza later this week
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Holiday warning as passports lost by Home Office reach a 5-year high
The Home Office has reportedly advised that the 10-week deadline introduced during the pandemic would remain in place due to an “elevated” and “volatile” demand for passports