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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.

Andy pledges to protect 6500 free school lunches

Some 6,513 schoolchildren in Rochdale will lose out on free lunches, under plans announced in the Conservative manifesto.

Tories in meltdown over social care

The Liberal Democrats have reacted after a day in which the upper echelons of the Conservative Party were in lock-down, apparently in panic after their social care policy backfired. The Institute for Fiscal Studies analysed Theresa May's plans and concluded that "the Conservative plan makes no attempt to deal with the fundamental challenge of social care funding." The Conservatives are now pushing different cabinet ministers out to Sunday newspapers in an attempt to "move the conversation on" from social care.

Cash-strapped councils breaking the law on air pollution, documents reveal

Exclusive poll for The Independent shows public - and most Conservative voters - back banning the most-polluting cars from city centres as pressure builds on the Government It has been described as a "public health emergency" responsible for tens of thousands of deaths every year, but dozens of local councils have been failing to report on air pollution as required by law for years.

Lib Dems launch poster attacking May

The Liberal Democrats have today launched a poster attacking Theresa May for adopting Nigel Farage's vision for Brexit.

Change Britain's future - the Liberal Democrat manifesto

  In the introduction to the Liberal Democrat Manifesto 2017, Tim Farron stresses that Theresa May's Conservative Party is likely...

Meet the candidate: Aidan Van de Weyer, Lib Dem parliamentary candidate in Central Suffolk & North Ipswich