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Climate Change Working Group This working group produced a consultation paper for Autumn Conference 2024 and the final paper was presented to Autumn Conference 2025. The remit of this group is…
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Policy Review Working Group. This working group has produced a consultation paper for Spring Conference 2025 and the final paper was presented to Autumn Conference 2025. You can view the…
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Starmer’s comments on Winter Fuel U-turn shows “the right hand doesn’t know what the left hand is doing”
Responding to the Prime Minister’s comments this morning that “the sooner we have clarity on that, the better” in reference to the Government’s Winter Fuel Payments U-turn, Liberal Democrat Treasury…
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Davey on Starmer interview: “concerning lack of urgency”
Responding to Keir Starmer's refusal to commit to a firm date on reaching 3% of GDP defence spending, in an interview with the Today programme, Lib Dem Leader Ed Davey said:
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Davey on Strategic Defence Review: get to 3% faster and reverse troop cuts
Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey has said that “page one” of the Review must include a cast-iron commitment to “boost defence spending to 3% of GDP as soon as possible”.
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Submarine announcement could be "damp squib" without funding ambition - Lib Dems
Responding to the Government's announcement that the UK will build up to 12 new attack submarines, Liberal Democrat Defence Spokesperson Helen Maguire said:
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Lib Dems on Healey comments: Government "dragging its feet" on reversing Army cuts
Responding to Defence Secretary John Healey confirming that the British Army will not be increased in size this parliament, Liberal Democrat Defence Spokesperson Helen Maguire said:
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Pride Month 2025
So we will keep fighting - until we can finally build a society where everyone is free to be who they are.
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Military housing: high time for Govt to "get out of the slow lane" and apply decent homes standard
Responding to the Government’s military housing announcement today [Saturday 31 May], Helen Maguire MP, Liberal Democrat Defence Spokesperson, said:
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IFS Briefing: Lib Dems say Government ministers will be "bailing water from a sinking boat with a spoon" if they ignore fixing social care
Responding to the Institute for Fiscal Studies saying that decisions over the NHS and defence will dominate the spending review, Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP said: