The Policy Index shows recently passed policy at Liberal Democrat federal conferences in areas of vital importance to the future of the country. It should not be considered a list of every policy the Liberal Democrats have, nor be treated as a manifesto.
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For People, For Planet (Policy Paper) – Autumn 2025
For a Fair Deal (Manifesto) Chapter 5 – Summer 2024
Bring Back the Industrial Strategy – Autumn 2023
Tackling the Nature Crisis (Policy Paper) – Autumn 2023
Making the Fight Against Climate Change Accessible – Autumn 2023
Solving the Energy Crisis for the Long-Term – Spring 2023
Tackling the Climate Emergency: Proposals for Carbon Pricing (Policy Paper) – Autumn 2021
Giving Consumers a Fairer Deal (Policy Paper) – Spring 2021
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For a Fair Deal (Manifesto 2024) Chapters 15 – Summer 2024
Revitalising Town Centres and High Streets (Policy Paper) – Spring 2026
Local Government Finance Emergency – Spring 2026
The Funding Crisis in Local Government – Spring 2024
Scrap the Voter ID Scheme – Autumn 2023
A Fairer Society (Policy Paper) – Spring 2023
Housing
For a Fair Deal (Manifesto) Chapter 14 – Summer 2024
Ending Fleecehold and the Great Property Rip-Off – Autumn 2025
Tackling the Housing Crisis (Policy Paper) – Autumn 2023
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For a Fair Deal (Manifesto) Chapter 11 – Summer 2024
Preserving Trial by Jury – Spring 2026
Policing Fit for the Future – Autumn 2025
Improving Access to Justice – Autumn 2025
Tackling the Prisons Crisis – Autumn 2024
Protecting our Neighbourhoods - A Return to Community Policing – Autumn 2023
Combatting Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery – Autumn 2023
Swift Justice for Victims and Offenders – Spring 2022
Keeping People Safe from Frauds and Scams – Autumn 2021
Ending Violence Against Women and Girls – Autumn 2021
Protecting the Right to Protest – Spring 2021
Racial Justice Cannot Wait – Autumn 2020
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For a Fair Deal (Manifesto) Chapter 17 – Summer 2024
A Liberal Future for Social Media for Under 18s – Spring 2026
Freedom from Harm: Gambling as a Public Health Issue – Autumn 2025
A Fair Deal for Musicians – Autumn 2024
Sport for the People – Spring 2024
Democracy and Public Debate (Policy Paper) – Spring 2022
Save the BBC – Autumn 2020
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For a Fair Deal (Manifesto) Chapter 21 – Summer 2024
The UK’s Response to Trump – Spring 2025
Liberal Values in a Dangerous World (Policy Paper) – Spring 2024
Navalny – Spring 2024
A Fair Deal for the Armed Forces Community – Autumn 2023
Standing with Ukraine – Autumn 2023
The UK’s Nuclear Deterrent – Spring 2023
A Sovereign Ukraine – Spring 2022
Acting on the Russia Report – Spring 2021
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Business and Jobs
For a Fair Deal (Manifesto) Chapter 3 and 4 – Summer 2024
Revitalising Town Centres and High Streets (Policy Paper) – Spring 2026
Backing Hospitality for Growth and Jobs – Autumn 2025
Opportunity for All (Policy Paper) – Autumn 2025
A New Hope for the Space Industry – Autumn 2025
Science, Innovation and Technology (Policy Paper) – Spring 2025
Reforming Sunday Trading Laws – Autumn 2024
Bring Back the Industrial Strategy – Autumn 2023
Food and Farming (Policy Paper) – Autumn 2023
Boosting Small Businesses and Jobs in the Post-Pandemic Economy – Autumn 2021
Lifting Barriers to Work for Disabled People – Spring 2021
Cost of Living
For a Fair Deal (Manifesto) Chapter 3 and 10 – Summer 2024
Tackling Child Poverty – Autumn 2024
Buy Now, Pay Later – Standing by Consumers During the Cost-of-living Crisis – Autumn 2024
Solving the Energy Crisis for the Long-Term – Spring 2023
A Fairer Society (Policy Paper) – Spring 2023
Giving Consumers a Fairer Deal (Policy Paper) – Spring 2021
Tax
Towards a Fair Global Corporation Tax System – Autumn 2021
Trade
International Trade and the DIT – Autumn 2021
Rebuilding Trade and Cooperation with Europe (Policy Paper) – Spring 2022
Utilities
Are You Drinking What We’re Drinking? – Spring 2024
Giving Consumers a Fairer Deal (Policy Paper) – Spring 2021
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Children and Young People
For a Fair Deal (Manifesto) Chapter 9 – Summer 2024
A Liberal Future for Social Media for Under 18s – Spring 2026
Opportunity for All (Policy Paper) – Autumn 2025
Backing Youth Work to Build Communities – Autumn 2025
Tackling Child Poverty – Autumn 2024
A Child Maintenance Service that Works for Children – Autumn 2023
Rebuilding our Cultural, Artistic and Educational Ties with Europe – Autumn 2021
Early Years and Childcare
A Better Start in Life (Policy Paper) – Autumn 2023
Schools
For a Fair Deal (Manifesto) Chapter 8 – Summer 2024
Ending the Crisis: A Fair Deal for Children with SEND – Spring 2025
Investing in Our Children’s Future – Autumn 2023
Supporting Disadvantaged Children – Autumn 2024
Tackling Persistent Absence – Spring 2024
Universities
From Local Roots to Global Reach: A Liberal Vision for Universities – Spring 2026
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Environment
For a Fair Deal (Manifesto) Chapter 12 – Summer 2024
This Land is Your Land – Restoring Public Paths Through Nature – Autumn 2025
Tackling the Nature Crisis (Policy Paper) – Autumn 2023
National Nature Parks – Autumn 2024
Ending Sewage Discharges – Spring 2022
Food and Farming
For a Fair Deal (Manifesto) Chapter 13 – Summer 2024
Animal Welfare in the Food System – Spring 2025
Food and Farming (Policy Paper) – Autumn 2023
Back British Farmers – Spring 2022
Water Industry
The Clean Water Authority – Autumn 2024
Are You Drinking What We’re Drinking? – Spring 2024
Tackling the Nature Crisis (Policy Paper) – Autumn 2023
Ending Sewage Discharges – Spring 2022
Giving Consumers a Fairer Deal (Policy Paper) – Spring 2021
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Health
For a Fair Deal (Manifesto) Chapter 6 – Summer 2024
Whole-Person Mental Health (Policy Paper) – Spring 2026
Don’t Nix Care: Protecting Our Hospices – Autumn 2025
Getting Emergency Care Back on Track – Autumn 2025
Never Again: Justice for Contaminated Blood Victims – Autumn 2025
Our Plan to Save the NHS – Autumn 2024
Equitable and Improved Outcomes Throughout Pregnancy and the Neonatal Period – Autumn 2024
Boosting Cancer Survival – Spring 2024
40 New Hospitals - The Government’s Broken Promise – Spring 2024
Transforming the Nation's Health – Autumn 2023
Ending Period Poverty – Autumn 2023
Access to Dental Services – Spring 2023
Fixing the Ambulance Crisis – Spring 2022
Social Care and Carers
For a Fair Deal (Manifesto) Chapter 7 – Summer 2024
A Fair Deal for Family Carers – Autumn 2024
A More Caring Society (Policy Paper) – Spring 2023
Standing Up for Unpaid Carers – Spring 2021
For a Fair Deal (Manifesto) Chapter 7 – Summer 2024
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For a Fair Deal (Manifesto) Chapter 18 – Summer 2024
Building a Fair Asylum System – Autumn 2025
Certainty for Ukrainian Children Living in the UK – Autumn 2025
Beyond Rwanda: A Fairer Way Forward on Asylum – Spring 2024
Combatting Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery – Autumn 2023
Protecting the European Convention on Human Rights – Autumn 2023
A Better Alternative to the Small Boats Legislation – Spring 2023
A Sovereign Ukraine – Spring 2022
Responding to the Crisis in Afghanistan – Autumn 2021
Safe and Legal Routes to Save Lives – Spring 2021
Hong Kong’s Future – Autumn 2020
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For a Fair Deal (Manifesto) Chapter 22 – Summer 2024
Trump and the Wider World – Spring 2026
Defending Women’s Rights Across the Globe – Autumn 2025
Towards a Ceasefire and Political Resolution in Sudan – Autumn 2025
Protecting the Rights of Hong Kongers – Autumn 2025
The UK’s Response to Trump – Spring 2025
Restoring International Development Assistance – Spring 2025
International Development – Restoring the UK’s Role – Autumn 2024
The Israel-Gaza Conflict – an immediate bilateral ceasefire and securing two states – Autumn 2024
Liberal Values in a Dangerous World (Policy Paper) – Spring 2024
Navalny – Spring 2024
Standing with Ukraine – Autumn 2023
A Sovereign Ukraine – Spring 2022
Tigray and the Ethiopian Civil War – Spring 2022
Towards a Lasting Peace in Israel and Palestine – Autumn 2021
The Uyghur Genocide – Autumn 2021
Responding to the Crisis in Afghanistan – Autumn 2021
International Development – Spring 2021
Acting on the Russia Report – Spring 2021
Hong Kong’s Future – Autumn 2020
Europe
Making the UK–EU Reset Summit Count – Autumn 2025
Europe – Restoring Links for Young People – Autumn 2024
Protecting the European Convention on Human Rights – Autumn 2023
Rebuilding Trade and Cooperation with Europe (Policy Paper) – Spring 2022
Rebuilding our Cultural, Artistic and Educational Ties with Europe – Autumn 2021
The EU–UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement and the Future of the UK–EU Relationship – Spring 2021
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For a Fair Deal (Manifesto) Chapter 20 – Summer 2024
Fair Votes Now – Autumn 2024
Restore Standards in Public Life – Autumn 2023
Scrap the Voter ID Scheme – Autumn 2023
Democracy and Public Debate (Policy Paper) – Spring 2022
Political Reform to Tackle Sleaze – Spring 2022
Defending the Rule of Law – Autumn 2020
Federalism
A Framework for England in a Federal UK – Autumn 2021
The Creation of a Federal United Kingdom – Autumn 2020
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For a Fair Deal (Manifesto) Chapter 19 – Summer 2024
Disabilities
Ending the Crisis: A Fair Deal for Children with SEND – Spring 2025
Making the Fight Against Climate Change Accessible – Autumn 2023
Lifting Barriers to Work for Disabled People – Spring 2021
Gender equality
Defending Women’s Rights Across the Globe – Autumn 2025
Equitable and Improved Outcomes Throughout Pregnancy and the Neonatal Period – Autumn 2024
Ending Period Poverty – Autumn 2023
Ending Violence Against Women and Girls – Autumn 2021
Human rights
Preserving Trial by Jury – Spring 2026
A Liberal Vision for Digital Rights – Autumn 2025
Protecting the European Convention on Human Rights – Autumn 2023
Scrap the Voter ID Scheme – Autumn 2023
Democracy and Public Debate (Policy Paper) – Spring 2022
Dignity, Care and Choice at the End of Life – Autumn 2021
Protecting the Right to Protest – Spring 2021
Defending the Rule of Law – Autumn 2020
LGBT+ rights
Free to be Who You Are – Spring 2025
Ban Conversion Therapy – Autumn 2021
Racial equality
Racial Justice Cannot Wait – Autumn 2020
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For a Fair Deal (Manifesto) Chapter 16 – Summer 2024
Driving Forward: The Road to Access – Spring 2026
Connecting Communities – Building a Transport Network Fit for the 21st Century – Autumn 2025
Connecting Communities - Building a Transport Network Fit for the 21st Century – Autumn 2023
A Fairer Society (Policy Paper) – Spring 2023
Tackling the Climate Emergency: Proposals for Carbon Pricing (Policy Paper) – Autumn 2021
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For a Fair Deal (Manifesto) Chapter 10 – Summer 2024
A Fair Deal for Family Carers – Autumn 2024
Tackling Child Poverty – Autumn 2024
Reversing Cuts to Bereavement Support Payments and Supporting Kinship Carers – Autumn 2024
A Child Maintenance Service that Works for Children – Autumn 2023
A Fairer Society (Policy Paper) – Spring 2023
Lifting Barriers to Work for Disabled People – Spring 2021
Standing Up for Unpaid Carers – Spring 2021