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Starmer’s press chief defends cutting journalists’ briefings

The Daily Telegraph 25 Dec 2025
Sir Keir Starmer’s press chief has defended cutting the number of briefings for journalists ... He wrote ... Ministers face being hauled before MPs to defend the decision, which the Lib Dems have said amounts to a “drastic cut in transparency” ... Show comments.
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Lib Dems write to human rights watchdog over election delays

BBC News 22 Dec 2025
The government has indicated it would postpone elections if requested by local authorities ... .
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Lib Dems say delaying local elections could breach voters' human rights but can't promise councils ...

The Daily Mail 22 Dec 2025
The party has written to�Mary-Ann Stephenson, the chairwoman of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, arguing that Labour's much criticised move is unlawful ....
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If renovating the Palace of Westminster is too expensive, how can we rebuild Britain?

The Daily Telegraph 22 Dec 2025
One Lib Dem MP’s suggestion to move out and turn the original building into a museum is the perfect encapsulation of the easy-life, comfortable-in-decline, ahistorical attitude that has left the country in its current mess ... Yet I am not optimistic ... .
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Lib Dems call for inquiry into hostile foreign state interference to include US

The Guardian 19 Dec 2025
In a letter to the communities secretary, Steve Reed, whose department is leading on the independent ...
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“It’s between us and Reform”: The Lib Dem plan to win in 2026

New Statesman 18 Dec 2025
As parliament was beginning to wind down ahead of the Christmas recess, a little-hyped Ten Minute Rule bill brought forward by the Lib Dem spokesperson for Brexit passed in a tie-break vote broken by the deputy speaker.
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Why the Lib Dems aren’t panicking

New Statesman 17 Dec 2025
Put this to Lib Dem strategists and they insist reports of their plight are exaggerated ... Since the May local elections the party has won 55 council by-elections, putting it second only to Reform – increasingly the Lib Dems’ main opponent.
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Lib Dem peer gets second driving ban after red light offence

BBC News 16 Dec 2025
Lord Tim Razzall drove through the red light when he was driving along the Embankment. .
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Driving ban for Lib Dem peer who skipped red light

BBC News 16 Dec 2025
Lord Tim Razzall drove through the red light when he was driving along the Embankment ... .
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Lib Dem peer Lord Razzall handed second driving ban of the year

The Daily Telegraph 16 Dec 2025
A Liberal Democrat peer has been disqualified from driving for the second time this year, and said it was the best outcome he could have hoped for ... When asked to stand and enter his plea, the former Lib Dem treasurer said ... “I think there is” ... Copy link.
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Oswestry councillor quits Lib Dems over devolution plans

BBC News 12 Dec 2025
A Lib Dem councillor has quit the party over plans to devolve power to town and parish councils ... But Jay Moore, who sits on Oswestry Town Council, said people would end up having to pay extra for services they already pay Shropshire Council for ... .
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The House of Lords is an insult to democracy, but it works

The Daily Telegraph 11 Dec 2025
Could it be that a last-minute decision by the Lib Dems last night to support the Government’s new Employment Rights Bill had something to do with Number 10’s generosity?.
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Killjoy Lib Dem council bans tenants from putting Christmas wreaths on their front doors�over health ...

The Daily Mail 10 Dec 2025
Liberal Democrat-run Portsmouth City Council sparked fury after housing officers wrote to tenants telling them festive decorations were not permitted on the outside of their flats ....
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