Reading Michal Siewniak’s interesting article on public transport provision, I stopped to think more generally about public ...

Three hours before the deadline for General Election nominations on June 7th, 2024, I resigned as a Labour councillor and as Chair of the Bromsgrove Labour Party. I stood as an independent ...

What is the “Deep State”? How will President Donald Trump dismantle it? And why is it more likely that he will end up re-constructing it with a deeper, more biased political complexion.

Tuesday morning. First day back for quite a few people, as a number of schools across Hertfordshire had an INSET day on Monday, 6 th January. Our household was no different. Although I returned to ...

Responding to Elon Musk’s latest post on X in which he suggested that America should “liberate the people of Britain” and overthrow the government, Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey said ...

All we ever hear about the social care problem is that it exists, and needs to be addressed. The political and public debate should be based on the potential costs and workforce issues – can we ...

It might come as a surprise to you Jake but the EU was never that popular when we were in it. Voters were a bit indifferent to it once every 5 years. A trading block is fine , but it’s intention ...

London Liberal Democrats are holding a Women’s Hour London Phone Bank with Special Guest Councillor Rachel Bentley. They’ll be calling members from around London to see how they can get more ...

At First Minister’s Questions today, Alex Cole-Hamilton implored John Swinney to do more to prevent babies being born addicted to drugs and to ensure that pregnant women had access to support to ...

For all the good things that our MPs are saying, the Liberal Democrats are not being heard and seen enough nationally. Neither on Laura Kuennsberg nor the equivalent ITV programme at 9 am was our ...

In late 2024, Germany’s political landscape was upended by the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s “traffic light coalition”, comprising the Social Democrats (SPD), the Greens, and the ...

This is a sound policy. Care assistants need to be paid 13.44 an hour – it is still a pittance. Those peeling spuds in a care home kitchen or those cleaning a care home do worthy work but that ...