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December 21, 2017

Liberal Democrats fined £18,000 for breaches of campaign finance rules

Details of £18,000 in fines for the Liberal Democrats have been published by the Electoral Commission; this follows an investigation that found the party failed to deliver a complete and accurate spending return as a permitted participant at the EU Referendum.
December 8, 2017

Shared values do matter: a response to Tim Farron

On 28 November 2017, former Liberal Democrat party leader Tim Farron gave a much commented upon lecture for the think-tank Theos, entitled ‘What Kind of Liberal Society Do We Want?’ It is available
April 9, 2015

Opponents of Trident urge Miliband to back abolition

Opponents of Trident have urged Ed Miliband to commit Labour to abolishing it. The calls came as he pledged support for Trident following a Conservative attack.
April 1, 2015

Vote for us! We're slightly better than the others! (Or: An evening at the Quaker hustings)

Lindsay Northover, a Liberal Democrat junior minister, began her remarks at a Quaker-organised hustings event yesterday by commenting on how few people go to hustings these days.
May 26, 2014

Mainstream parties have been defeated by the monster they created

Nigel Farage's smug grin is all over the media this morning. But the Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat parties have been defeated by a monster of their own creation.
January 13, 2014

Lord Tyler and Baroness Williams attempt to buy off charities on lobbying

Lord Paul Tyler, Liberal Democrat spokesman in the Lords on constitutional reform issues, and Baroness Shirley Williams, former leader of Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords have attacked Caroline Lucas MP as "misguided and wrong" in her concerns about the Lobbying Bill – namely, that unless significantly amended (or better, scrapped and completely redrafted) it will let corporate lobbyists off the hook while gagging non-party organisations and unions.
September 13, 2013

Liberal Democrats must 'follow the logic' on Trident, says CND

CND has welcomed Lib Dem minister Danny Alexander’s description of the Trident nuclear weapon system as "the UK’s last, unreformed bastion of Cold War thinking."
September 10, 2013

Anti-bedroom tax coalition to defy ban on Glasgow march with lobbying

The Bin the Bedroom Tax Coalition says its protests will not be stopped by a ban on its planned march to the annual Liberal Democrat conference in Glasgow.
September 4, 2012

Trident critic is 'purged' from Ministry of Defence

The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament has expressed dismay at the decision to remove Nick Harvey from his post as Minister for the Armed Forces.
April 19, 2012

No London arms fair if Ken or Jenny becomes Mayor

Two of the leading candidates for Mayor of London have pledged to use their powers to prevent the London arms fair taking place again if they are elected.