Six principal authority by-elections took place across England on Wednesday 23rd and Thursday 24th September. The Conservatives were defending two seats (in South Staffordshire and Berkshire), Labour ...

Four conference ago, I walked into Liberal Democrat conference as a delegate. I arrived on my own, not knowing many people and not really knowing what to expect. This year’s conference has now come to ...

On Tuesday, 22 September, Tim Farron MP delivered a speech at our 2026 Autumn Conference during the F36 policy motion, ...

Aspects of the recent Party conference in Brighton raise an important question in my mind: what has happened to democratic policy-making in the Liberal Democrats? When Nick Clegg was leader, he ...

Caron threw down a gauntlet in her article on Ed’s conference speech. Most of the comments seem to have been negative on two main grounds – that the radical proposals on taxation had been bounced on t ...

Who can actually afford to take part in Liberal Democrat democracy? A conversation with Donna Harris about her campaigning on childcare got me thinking. Donna’s work is fundamentally about removing ...

Whilst those in the media world and the Westminster bubble speculate about the future of our party leader, Ed Davey, Ed focused on what matters most – a plan to end the squeeze on middle-income ...

At conference this weekend, there was a rare – and welcome – moment of controversy in the hall. During Ed Davey’s Q&A, journalist Carolyn Quinn asked for a show of hands.  Should the Liberal Democrats ...

There were many things to support in the party strategy motion. It includes confident liberalism, modern campaigning, and reaching new communities. However, there is one notable exclusion. In fact, ...

I always find it odd that, when we have had hundreds of Lib Dems discussing policy for days, we then have the leader announcing a major new policy in his speech, just as everyone's about to go out the ...

Liberals debate. On Monday, we did. And Conference overwhelmingly stood with us. Neil Sandison Well Ed got his 5 minutes of fame in terms of returning to an old policy on tax threasholds a policy i ...