Liz Jarvis, the Lib Dem MP for Eastleigh, made her maiden speech on 5 September on a debate on the Great British Energy Bill. Enjoy. The text is below: Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for giving me ...

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There has been a flurry of books published recently, on the subject of ‘broken Britain’. Some look at the big picture of why ‘nothing seems to work’, like  ‘Great Britain?’ by Torsten Bell,  and ...

Lee Dillon MP for Newbury made his maiden speech on Monday 9th September. Here it is in text form, or please click on the white arrow below to watch it via the party's channel on YouTube: ...

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The Electoral Commission report on Voter ID in the General Election found that 16,000 would-be voters were turned away by ...

I've long been one with a penchant for fighting Labour. I grew up on Lincoln's famed Tower Estate. Growing up I was ...

Whilst The Economist is calling for Liberal Democrats to move economically rightwards, the mood music from the newly-elected Liberal Democrat MPs is somewhat different. In a piece for The House ...

As we do each year at both the Spring and Autumn Conferences, we take a moment to celebrate and recognise the inspiring ...

There's been an ongoing debate within the party about Europe, and the ambition for rejoining the European Union. And, within that debate, there has been an oft-expressed disappointment that the party ...

When lockdown hit us we all turned to Zoom or one of its online rivals to maintain our working and social lives. Local Councils worked out ways of carrying out essential business online, and that ...