Interest rates: Govt must scrap jobs tax to get mortgage rates down
Responding to interest rates being held at 4.25%, Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP said:
19 Jun 2025
Ombudsman Slams Southwark Council Over Water Failings as Leaseholder Scandals Mount
Southwark Council has once again been found to have carried out severe maladministration by the Housing Ombudsman, this time for failing to fix contaminated water in a block of flats, leaving at least three homes without safe water for over a year.
19 Jun 2025
Birmingham
31,480 at risk of losing vital PIP support in Birmingham warn Liberal Democrats
Birmingham’s Liberal Democrats have called on the Government to backdate the Winter Fuel Payment for local pensioners who lost out last winter.
19 Jun 2025
Cole-Hamilton: Scottish Lib Dems will fight for a fair deal for farmers
Ahead of his visit to the Royal Highland Show on Friday, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has urged both the UK and Scottish governments to end the uncertainty for farming communities and give them the support they deserve.
19 Jun 2025
Vulnerable Children
Will Forster MP calls out Keir Starmer over Sara Sharif’s murder as House of Lords debates Sara’s Law
Will Forster, Member of Parliament for murdered schoolgirl Sara Sharif, calls out the Prime Minister for silence over an inquiry into her death as Peers discuss vulnerable children in new bill.
19 Jun 2025
Iran: Lib Dems call on Government to publish legal advice
Responding to reports that the Attorney General has warned that the UK joining in on a war in Iran may be illegal, Ed Davey, Liberal Democrat Leader, said:
19 Jun 2025