Ed Davey tells the BBC that defence spending should increase to 2.5% of GDP: As explained in the clip, the increase would be paid for by taxing technology giants who have been make huge profits ...

After Tuesday's Liberal Democrat win, Thursday brought another five by-elections, including two with Lib Dems after no candidates before.

The latest episode of Never Mind The Bar Charts sees Peter Kellner join me to discuss a new report on what is going wrong with our politics, and the solutions. No surprise then that our conversation ...

The combined Agenda & Directory for the Lib Dem Federal Spring Conference coming up in Harrogate is now out. It includes details of all the keynote speeches, debates and more. Also available is the ...

An email from Liberal Democrat HQ brings the news: The Federal Policy Committee is seeking applications from party members who wish to serve on two new policy working groups. This is a real ...

A local press release brings the news: Councillor Steve Ashton (Crewkerne) has joined the Liberal Democrat group at Somerset Council. Councillor Ashton was elected as a Conservative in 2022 and has ...

Image by Tasos Lekkas from Pixabay. Welcome to the latest in my occasional series highlighting interesting findings from academic research. Today – Rob Ford and Chris Butler have new research out ...

Lib Dem MP for North Devon Ian Roome, North Devon Council Leader David Clayton, Devon County Councillor Frank Biederman and Leader of Liberal Democrat Devon County Council Group Caroline Leaver. North ...

The Scottish Liberal Democrats report: We are proud to announce that our MSP candidate for Edinburgh Northern is Sanne Dijkstra-Downie. At the next Scottish Parliament election, boundary changes ...

Read about the Scottish Parliament elections of 7 May 2026.

Labour’s Angela Rayner calls cancelling elections, “a fast-track ticket to drive real change” but Ed Davey rightly calls it, “a disgraceful stitch-up between Labour and the Conservatives. The Liberal ...

Liberal Democrat Newswire #192 came out at the start of the week and you can now also read it in full below. But if you’d like to get future editions emailed direct to you as soon as they are ...