Energy price cap: Government must cancel rise and take up plan to halve bills Mounjaro supply chaos: Lib Dems call for CMA investigation Farage u-turn shows he "has taken as much time reading his own plan as he does his constituents' emails" Thames Water fines: Govt should stop "wheeling and dealing" and finally put customers first Ed Davey to boycott Trump state banquet in push to end Gaza's humanitarian disaster Energy price cap: Government must cancel rise and take up plan to halve bills Responding to Ofgem announcing that the energy price cap will rise by 2%, Liberal Democrat Leader ...
A walk with Towpath Treks along the western half of the Grantham Canal. We see where the canal joins the Trent at West Bridgford and then follow it as far as the former mining town of Cotgrave. Although it has been closed for the best part of a century, the canal looks eminently restorable. The major obstacle will be that the route near West Bridgford has been lost to a road scheme, so a new way of reaching the Trent will have to be found. And then there are the bridges. In the 1950s, 46 of the 69 that cross ...
Ed Davey has announced that he will boycott the State Banquet to be held during Donald Trump's State Visit because of Trump's complicity in the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza. He explains why in this video: He said: Emily and I have spent all summer thinking about this and have prayed about it. There is no honour like an invitation from the King, and not to accept his invitation goes against all of our instincts. But I fear we could have a situation where Donald Trump comes to our country, is honoured with a lavish dinner at one of our finest ...
In a return to form, the Shropshire Star wins our Headline of the Day Award. The judges' thoughts are with the people of Llanwrtyd Wells at this difficult time.
Simple question: which MP once triggered a point of order in the House of Commons for attempting to vote in their pyjamas? Answer: Winston Churchill. Pyjamas also feature in one of my favourite Parliamentary questions: Commander Locker-Lampson: If pyjamas are a symbol of social superiority, ought they not to be abolished in a democratic war? For other gems from Hansard see my appropriately named series of Hansard gems.
When Ming Campbell ran for the leadership, his best line was that Britain did not need a third conservative party. The situation now is so much worse; we have three hard authoritarian parties engaged in virility contests for who can be more horrible to and about very vulnerable people. I would like us to be much more emphatically full-fat liberal in the things we do and say, particularly in relation to migration. I want to see our spokespeople saying that immigrants make us a stronger, better country, are net contributors to both the exchequer and our wider social life, and ...
Nottinghamshire County Council's ruling Reform UK group has cut off all contact with the Nottingham Post and the related Nottinghamshire Live website. Because this policy includes Local Democracy Reporting Service reporters, the BBC and other local newspapers are also affected by it. Oliver Pridmore writes on the Nottingham Post site: What has prompted this unprecedented turn of events? It was my recent article on the ongoing discussions about local government reorganisation (LGR). The article included a claim that two Reform UK councillors said at a public surgery that they could be suspended from their county council group if they did ...
Natasha Lindstaedt on the new 'iron curtain' being built across Europe: "Every European nation bordering Russia and its ally Belarus is accelerating plans to construct hundreds of miles of fortified border to defend against possible Russian aggression. The reasons are clear. The post-cold war European security framework - which relied on strengthening international institutions and trade, Nato expansion and US military guarantees - is being eroded." American liberals should speak out John Bolton's behalf, argues Noah Berlatsky. "Much of what's known as 'AI' has nothing to do with progress - it's about lobbyists pushing shoddy digital replacements for human labour ...
Yesterday party members should have received an email from Civica Election Services titled The Liberal Democrats Internal Federal Elections 2025 – Nominations Process. This is the starting gun for the Federal Party's internal elections this year when all the Federal Committees will be up for election alongside the Party President and Vice President. The email tells you what you need to do to put yourself forward as a candidate and nominate others. At this stage nominations are only open for President and Vice President. At the time of writing there are two publicly declared candidates for President, both of whom ...
Nick da Costa's recent article on local government inclusion at conference made for pleasant reading. However, our work to champion our local government work, has to exist beyond conference. It is important because winning a greater number of councillors in any given area is crucial to winning more parliamentary seats. Crucially it goes beyond that. Every single councillor elected means that a greater number of people across our country get a hard-working local councillor standing up for them and their community and when we win control of councils, we can deliver life changing opportunities to local areas. Inclusion of local ...
Fewer WTE GPs now than in 2019 Cole-Hamilton comments on record NHS waiting lists, social care delays and worsening A&E waits Chamberlain: Crime statistics "deeply troubling" SNP oversees worsening outcomes for looked-after children Cole-Hamilton responds to record low birth rate Fewer WTE GPs now than in 2019 Commenting on the publication of GP workforce numbers, where despite an uptick there are still fewer whole time equivalent GPs now than there were in 2019, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said: The Scottish Government is absolutely miles away from delivering the 800 extra GPs it promised by 2027. General practice ...
Residents will recall that, some time ago, we reported that the white lining in the middle of Ninewells Avenue, north of the hospital entrance, is badly faded. At our request this was to have been repainted at the start of July but could not take place due to adverse weather at the time. We are pleased to advise that the Roads Maintenance Partnership Manager has now advised us : "We had joint repair and lining works planned at Ninewells Avenue at the start of July, but unfortunately these works had to be postponed due to adverse weather. These works have ...
The plans outlined by Nigel Farage yesterday to deal with asylum seekers, risks parodying Donald Trump 's actions of putting troops on our streets, dragging people from their homes, sending women and children back to regimes where they may face torture and execution and even involves paying money to pariah regimes such as that led by the Taliban in Afghanistan to carry out his agenda. Farage's rhetoric, the proposed mass deportations, the call to arms which risks further unrest and violence outside hotels, and the proposed rejection of human rights legislation and international obligations are all reminiscent of 1930s Germany. ...
