Is there anywhere spookier in Shropshire than the Stiperstones? This short programme in the BBC's Secret Shropshire series tells you about the Devil's Chair, the Seven Whistlers and Wild Edric.
"Away from the headlines, families in poverty are preoccupied with the very hard work of getting by on low-incomes. Their daily realities are routinely distressing and dehumanising: trying to decide whether to prioritise one child's need for new school shoes over their brother's coat which no longer fits. Or leaving an older child to look after their younger sister while they nip to the food bank; not wanting their children to experience the indignity and shame they feel on crossing the church hall's doors." Ruth Patrick calls on the government to bin the two-child benefit cap. Richard Kemp reminds us ...
Presidential candidates Prue Bray and Josh Babarinde have issued a joint statement on the changes to diversity quotas which we are reproducing in full below. Both of us are deeply concerned by the impact of the changes to diversity quotas for the Liberal Democrats internal Federal Elections that was made on 27th October, the day before voting opened. We have spoken with countless members who are similarly outraged at the unacceptable consequences of this decision on the dignity of trans and non-binary members of the Liberal Democrats. Together, as Presidential candidates, we have been urgently working with party colleagues to ...
Embed from Getty ImagesKirsty Williams, once leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats and education minster in the Welsh government, has spoken about the pressure that her political career put on her and her family. She described the online abuse she and other politicians received as "unforgivable" and said it was this level of trolling that forced her to leave politics. When she told her daughters about her new role as chairwoman of the Cardiff and Vale health board, they said "don't do it, we can't go through this again". Kiraty was appearing on the Fifth Floor podcast. I can't find ...
Editor's Note: In November party members will be voting to elect our next Party President. At Lib Dem Voice we welcome posts from each of the candidates - one to launch their candidature plus a maximum of one per week during the actual campaign. Anyone who has attended a hustings, read our manifestos, looked at our websites (mine is https://prue4president.co.uk/ ) or has otherwise been following the internal federal Presidential election, will know by now that my vision for the role includes a significant focus on promoting more collaborative working more consultation, more co-operation, and more constructive engagement across the ...
BBC News wins Headline of the Day. Since you ask, the station was Manchester Piccadilly.
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The world sees us as leaders on trans rights. How can we be getting this so wrong at home?
Of all the topics that my first Lib Dem voice article might have been about, I never dreamed it would have to be this one. The recent change, during an election, of our party's diversity quotas is nothing short of shameful. The decision itself is abominable, the manner in which it was taken was disingenuous, the announcement was cowardly, and the justifications have been fundamentally flawed. There are many authors on this site and members in our party who are trans or non-binary, and their opinions and thoughts on this situation should carry far more weight than mine. However, in ...
Is this one of those 'I told you so' moments? I really hope not, but the claim by the Home Builders Federation (HBF) - the representative body of the home building industry in England and Wales - that the Labour government will fail to meet its target of building 1.5m homes by the end of the decade, is in line with doubts I have been expressing since August 2024. Back then, I said 'If Labour are serious about providing homes where they are most needed then they will need to provide significant amounts of public subsidy and ensure that local ...
We are holding a Thursday street surgery tonight to speak with residents on any local issues or concerns they may have. Should you have an issue you wish to discuss with us, e-mail us at westend@dundeelibdems.org.uk or call Dundee 459378 and we will be pleased to meet you - many thanks.
