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Press release on the Autumn Statement.

Lib Dems condemn “chaotic and incompetent” budget

Sewage in our Rivers

The sheer quantity of raw sewage being dumped into Britain’s rivers and coastal areas is a scandal and a disgrace.

A message from Kit Twinch, candidate for Wickham electoral division

  Kit writes: "Many thanks to all of the people whom I have met during my campaign to become County Councillor for the Wickham...

John Shaw: Why I'm standing as Lib Dem candidate for MP for Basingstoke

I've lived in Basingstoke for over two decades. It's a great place and I'm proud to call it home, but I know it could be better.

Liberal Democrats formally adopt their candidates to fight in the Barnet Constituencies

This weekend the Liberal Democrats formally adopted their candidates Jonathan Davies, Alasdair Hill and Marisha Ray to fight the seats of Finchley and Golders Green, Hendon and Chipping Barnet respectively.

Simon Danczuk: Comment from Councillor Andy Kelly, Liberal Democrat Candidate for Rochdale...

"If Simon Danczuk cannot stand for Labour, then that's good news for our town. The Liberal Democrats are fighting hard to win in June. We have dozens of new members and activists ready to give Rochdale the fresh start it deserves. "We fully expect Danczuk to stand as an Independent to pocket close to a whopping £40,000 redundancy package. It would be interesting to see whether the local Labour Party back him as they have continued to do throughout the scandals that have dragged our town down."

The Brexit squeeze means the average household is likely to be £500 worse off in 2017 compared to 2016

I got to know Theresa May reasonably well in government, former Deputy Prime Mimnister Nick Clegg said today. We sat next to each other around the cabinet table for half a decade. I witnessed her strengths - methodical, thorough - and her weaknesses too - technocratic, inflexible. But generally I found she was someone who would stick to what she had said. So I was surprised when she went back on her word by calling an early election - and did so with such specious excuses. Clearly the temptation of taking advantage of Jeremy Corbyn's poor public standing - and getting her excuses in early before the Brexit bad news hits - was too great. Far from putting the country first, her decision was an old fashioned wheeze to secure narrow party political advantage. But what it shows above all is a growing, swaggering complacency on the part of the Conservatives. They expect a coronation, not a contest. They expect voters will give them a majority with the minimum explanation as to why. They assume they can pull the woo

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