All news on the topic: Liberal Democrats

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Partygate Tory Shaun Bailey to be installed in House of Lords within weeks
His elevation to the Lords is under fresh scrutiny after the Mirror published bombshell footage of a 'jingle and mingle' Christmas gathering organised by his campaign in December 2020
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Calls for Tory rule-breakers to lose honours as police review Partygate video
Rishi Sunak today faced calls from families bereaved in the pandemic to strip gongs from two of the party attendees who were recognised in Boris Johnson's resignation honours
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Lib Dems hope to capitalise on voter anger over Nadine Dorries in by-election
Anger at Ms Dorries among her constituents had been bubbling long before her rage-quit over Mr Johnson’s honours list
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Boris the liar - the one word left to describe the ex-PM after Partygate report
Committee report exposes as hollow his claims that 'all ­guidance was followed in No10' during 2020’s illegal lockdown parties, first revealed by the Mirror in December 2021
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Furious Tories round on Boris Johnson and say he must 'shut up and go away'
Boris Johnson was 'grim-faced' when he reportedly decided to resign on a flight from Egypt - now seething Conservative MPs are begging with the former Prime Minister to stop damaging the party
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Fury that Kevin Sinfield could wait years for knighthood due to stuffy rules
The Mirror understands some civil servants are disappointed protocol around awarding honours means Kevin Sinfield may have to wait years to become a Sir
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'Farce' as ex-PMs' great-grandchildren fight for hereditary seat in Lords
The Electoral Reform Society argued it is an 'embarrassment' that elections for hereditary places in the Lords are continuing to take place as it demanded an 'overhaul [of] the system'
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Unpaid carers demand increase on allowance as payments at 'poverty pay' levels
Unpaid carers are urging the Government to raise the pay cap to qualify for Carer’s Allowance from £139 to £218.92 a week. Carer’s Allowance increased by 10.1% in April, to £76.25
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Tory Covid 'cover-up' as MPs insist they 'no longer have' Boris WhatsApps
Grieving relatives of those killed by the virus demanded his WhatsApp texts and notebooks be handed over amid accusations of a bid to obstruct progress
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Labour could scoop almost two dozen seats from SNP at next general election
The YouGov analysis found Labour could win 23 seats in Scotland at the next Westminster election - the party's best performance in their former stronghold since 2010
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Tory ministers could be sent on a 'sleaze awareness course' under new bill
The bill, tabled by the Liberal Democrats, would require ministers to attend annual ethics and standards training in a bid to stem the flow of scandals surrounding the Government
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One in six parents go hungry to feed kids while some stop buying fruit and meat
Spiralling bills have forced one in six of parents to go without so their children have enough to eat in the last year, while one in four said they had skipped meals, according to a new survey
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Suella Braverman told to 'come clean' on whether she told aide to mislead Mirror
Lib Dem chief whip Wendy Chamberlain has written to Cabinet Secretary Simon Case to demand an investigation after the Home Secretary's team told the Mirror she hadn't been caught speeding
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Cost of fish and chips soars to £9 as Rishi Sunak urged to help firms with bills
The average cost of chicken and chips has risen by 17% to £6.18, an extra 89p. Burgers are also up by 17%, an average increase of 64 pence to £4.35
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Water companies 'will add cost of cleaning up sewage spills to customers bills'
The trade body representing the mega-rich water companies said consumers will face 'modest upward pressure' on bills as part of their £10billion modernisation scheme
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Supermarket bosses hauled into No10 as inflation rips through family budgets
The crunch showdown comes as the Lib Dems revealed figures showing how customers are still being hit in the wallet even when production costs fall
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'Humiliated' youngsters with ID stopped from casting ballots in Tory crackdown
Some young voters were stopped from taking part in last week's local elections because their proof-of-age cards were not accepted, it is claimed
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Archbishop of Canterbury savages 'morally unacceptable' Tory small boats bill
Archbishop Justin Welby - fresh from his central role at King Charles's Coronation on Satruday - lashed out at Suella Braverman's draconian Illegal Migration Bill, which has been branded a "gimmick" and a "con" by critics
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Keir Starmer won't rule out Lib Dem coalition if Labour falls short of majority
The Labour leader said he was pushing for an 'outright majority' at the next general election but repeatedly failed to explicitly rule out striking a deal with the Liberal Democrats
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Plot to force general election now after 'out of touch' Sunak mauled by voters
The Tory wipeout in last week's local elections shows the public no longer has confidence in Rishi Sunak's Government, warned Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey
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Desperate Tories blame Vladimir Putin for Rishi Sunak's election walloping
Cabinet minister Lucy Frazer claimed the PM is "starting to gain the trust of the British public" despite losing more than 1,000 council seats across England in Thursday's local elections
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Tory chairman mocked as party collapses in areas he visited on campaign trail
Analysis of results in last week's local elections reveal the Lib Dems gained 208 council seats in the Blue Wall areas where Greg Hands visited - prompting sarcastic claims he has the 'Midas touch'
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Lib Dems plotting to oust Theresa May from Commons as they unveil Tory hit list
Theresa May's Maidenhead constituency is on the list of seats it is hoping to snatch, along with those held by Cabinet ministers Michael Gove, Jeremy Hunt and Gillian Keegan
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Labour 'on course' as battered Tories lose 1,000 seats in local elections
In a crushing blow to Rishi Sunak's Tories, the party lost more than 1,000 council seats across England during this week's local elections in his first electoral test as Prime Minister
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'Local elections show Keir Starmer and Labour rattling on Downing Street gates'
'The cost of living crisis, economic incompetence and an ailing NHS in a Broken Britain where nothing seems to work are narrowing any Tory survival path,' writes Kevin Maguire