Issued almost exactly a year ago, the ICJ ruling found that Israel’s continued presence in the occupied Palestinian territory (including Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem) is unlawful, and ...

Wow! The Mayor of Welwyn Hatfield and I, only a week or so ago, spoke with students from Stanborough School about whether the voting age should be lowered to 16. We divided the Council Chamber ...

Lib Dems: water regulation in our country is broken Ofwat: Finally Government listened to Lib Dems Scot Lib Dems comment on confirmation of Trump visit dates Cole-Hamilton: SNP want to focus on ...

Workforce figures: public “desperately” needs a govt focused on getting growth back on track Voting reforms: Elon Musk-shaped hole in Government’s announcement Afghanistan data leak ...

The Children’s Commissioner, Dame Rachel de Souza has produced a totally damming Report on Child Poverty in the UK. The report is based on listening to children about their experiences of ...

Lib Dems: Bolster energy security to tackle “stubbornly high” inflation Ed Davey calls for public inquiry into Afghan data leak and unprecedented superinjunction Davey speech warns of Farage ...

As Parliament approaches the summer recess, the government is pushing out announcements to set the agenda for the autumn. An ‘English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill’, 300 pages long ...

Last time I was in Helsinki, it was about 10 years ago when I was a Young Liberal and had been attending the European Liberal Youth (LYMEC) congress on the ferry between Helsinki and Stockholm. My ...

I think our leader must be a regular reader of this column, or listener to my Political Frenemies podcast, or purveyor of my Twitter feed. Because, for months now, in those outlets and more I’ve been ...

What is this Labour government playing at? Having steadfastly refused to abolish OFWAT until last week, they now blithely announce, as if it’s some great triumph, that sewerage dumping will halve by ...

To say that Birmingham City Council is facing a number of challenges at the moment would be an understatement. A combination of savage cuts to their central funding, a failed IT system, and the equal ...

The UK–US trade deal is being celebrated in Westminster as the first tangible post-Brexit win for a beleaguered trading nation. The UK–US trade deal explicitly includes agricultural and food products, ...