I totally agree. PIP is not about getting people into work. It is a benefit designed to help people with the extra costs of disability. Costs such as extra heating, extra laundry, the need for a ...

Conferences in Harrogate have, so far, been very special for me. The first time I went there, in 1992, I saw a message on the Wednesday for me on the noticeboard to contact the main desk.

A pity no one has commented on this – Africa is indeed important and the way it is viewed is outdated, and when it is viewed positively, it is through the deluded prism of the Commonwealth as ...

Well, we could be confrontational… I’m sure we could sign a deal with Ukraine concerning ports and land that is similar to the one we signed over Hong Kong, making these parts of the Ukraine ...

At this time of crisis, the Lib Dems must seize back the `Reform UK’ initiative from Nigel Farage and his ramshackle party. Freedom is at stake. Voting intentions (polling data from 10 March ...

Scottish Liberal Democrat members in the key target of Strathkelvin and Bearsden have chosen former charity worker Adam Harley as their candidate in the Holyrood election in May 2026. The seat ...

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In the 1970s, Britain was called the sick man of Europe. Years later, that sick man has returned; with its withered cane. This time, however, it comes to us in sickness benefits (a cruel irony ...

I want us – as Liberal Democrats – to select great candidates, improve diversity in the party and empower our local parties to elect the best candidates to represent them. That’s why I’m ...

Two issues. Should we keep bringing skilled staff from very poor countries that desperately needs to retain personnel. Secondly – we have record inward immigration and not seen the so called ...

The Ukraine ball has bounced from Ukraine’s court to Russia’s court and now back into America’s court. Donald Trump has always claimed a special relationship with Vladimir Putin– “He ...

As a dedicated Liberal I’ve always vaguely subscribed to the Whig view of history, defined roughly that, by and large, on the whole and in the main, things are gradually getting better.