Lib Dems

Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch during an appearance on LBC Radio. PIC: James Manning/PA Wire

Kemi Badenoch is not up to the job - Daxa Patel
Kemi Badenoch is not up to the job and that is dangerous for the health of our country’s democracy. The 80,000 members of the Conservative Party need to realise...

Coun Mike Ross (left) and Ed Davey (right) call for 'polluters to pay' in North Sea. On banks of Humber Estuary. Credit Donna Clifford.

Who is Mike Ross- the Lib Dem Hull and East Yorkshire candidate?

A voter placing a ballot paper in a ballot box. PIC: Rui Vieira/PA Wire

Labour needs to be wary of Reform threat - Ismail Mulla

The Government is being urged to take "radical" action - such as expanding the sugar tax and banning the sale of energy drinks to youngsters - in a bid to tackle "staggering" levels of tooth decay in children across England. Rui Vieira/PA Wire

Thousands of children going to A&E with tooth decay

The Flying Scotsman crossing the Ribblehead Viaduct in the shadow of Ingleborough, on its journey from Oxenhope to Carlisle to celebrate the re-opening of the Settle Carlisle Railway line in 2017. PIC: Bruce Rollinson

Could a new rail link for Skipton be the answer for the region? - Yorkshire Post...

Members of the public lay and look at floral tribute left outside the Town Hall in Southport.

2024 year in review: Summer of violence and Tory turmoil

Mike Ross is the Lib Dem candidate for Hull and East Yorkshire mayoralty. Credit: Lib Dems

Lib Dems announce candidate for Hull and East Yorkshire mayoralty

Liberal Democrats leader Sir Ed Davey. Credit: Andrew Matthews/PA Wire

Lib Dems urge Labour to increase carer’s allowance to boost growth

Liberal Democrats leader Sir Ed Davey during the party's General Election manifesto. Credit: Lucy North/PA Wire

Sir Ed Davey says response to election video about his disabled son inspired him

Liberal Democrats leader Sir Ed Davey. Credit: Lucy North/PA Wire

Lib Dems to force vote on Rachel Reeves' Winter Fuel Payment cut

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage arrives at the House of Commons in Westminster. PIC: Maja Smiejkowska/PA Wire

Questions need to be asked about Reform’s ‘paper candidates’ - YP Letters

Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer takes part in a TV interview at a campaign event. PIC: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

The PM needs to focus on the basics and be honest with the country - Daxa Patel

Liberal Democrats leader Sir Ed Davey drawing a charcoal on pastel artwork at Harrogate College, in Harrogate, Yorkshire, while on the General Election campaign trail.

Lib Dems gain Harrogate and Knaresborough from Tories

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak during a meeting with representatives of the nighttime economy in central London. PIC: Benjamin Cremel/PA Wire

Only the Lib Dems can unseat Rishi Sunak - YP Letters

Lib Dems pledge eventual EU return and tax hikes for NHS in manifesto launch

Battleground Yorkshire: Three-way battle for Sheffield Hallam

Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey during a visit to a school. PIC: James Manning/PA Wire

The Lib Dems would tackle long GP waiting times plaguing Yorkshire - Ed Davey

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer during a visit to the InchDairnie Distillery in Glenrothes, Fife.

Analysis: Expect a Cameron-style victory in 2024, not a Blair one

Clothes hanging in shop Picture: Getty

Lib Dems want 1p tax on every new item of clothing

A giant sand artwork adorns New Brighton Beach to highlight global warming and the Cop26 global climate conference in 2021. PIC: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

Green job opportunities are far from clear-cut - Yorkshire Post Letters

Bridlington South Beach

Environment Agency investigating source of pollution at popular Yorkshire beach
Detailed investigations are taking place at one of Yorkshire’s best-known beaches in a bid to find the source of bacteria polluting the water.
Alexandra Wood

A Liberal Democrats poster at the Bath & West Showground in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, as counting begins in the Somerton and Frome by-election, called following the resignation of David Warburton amid allegations of sexual harassment and cocaine use. Picture date: Thursday July 20, 2023. PA Photo. See PA story POLITICS ByElections. Photo credit should read: Ben Birchall/PA Wire

Lib Dems overturn large Tory majority to make inroads in former heartlands

Artist's impression of the veterans village, which aims to provide housing for 100 ex-Service personnel

Lib Dems put plans to dispose of land for £10m veterans village on hold

File photo dated 22/01/22 of people out socialising in Temple Bar in Dublin city centre as people attending someone else's stag or hen do typically face paying £779 in the UK or £1,208 if they go abroad, a survey indicates. Picture: Damien Storan/PA Wire

Why I'm glad to be too old for ever-more costly stag dos: David Behrens

Free range hens roaming and foraging on farm meadow grass. PIC: Adobe

Farming needs greater Government support - Max Anderson

Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer meets shoppers, staff and local residents during a visit to a Co-op store in Ripley, Derbyshire where he was campaigning ahead of the local council elections on May 4. Picture: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Parties wrongly hijacking local elections with national politics: Andrew Vine

Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey, who visited local cafe Caspar on Newland Avenue, is calling for business energy support to be extended for at least another six months to ensure that businesses do not have to increase their prices or close their doors.

Sir Ed Davey calls for more energy support for Hull businesses

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer speaks to the media in the Great Hall in Parliament Buildings in Stormont. PIC: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Labour still needs to define what it stands for - Matthew Flinders

John Smith's Stadium, where Huddersfield Town and Huddersfield Giants play their matches

Owners of John Smith's Stadium at risk of administration due to huge debts

An aerial view of the drying out bed and receded water levels at Lindley Wood Reservoir in July in Otley Credit: Getty Images

Bosses at Yorkshire Water paid more than £3m in bonuses

A ballot box held during an election count.

Electoral reform is needed but so are coalition laws - Yorkshire Post Letters

Newly elected councillor Jayne Phoenix with Denis Healy, deputy Lib Dem group leader

Safe Tory council seat falls to Lib Dems after massive swing in by-election
The Conservatives were roundly defeated in the Bridlington North by-election on Thursday night.
Alexandra Wood

Hull Marina. Pic: James Hardisty.

Counting the cost of Hull City and East Riding Councils squabbles - YP Letters

Liberal Democrats celebrate their strong performance in Harrogate.

Local elections 2022: Tories scrape narrow majority on North Yorkshire council

Hull Council Labour group leader Daren Hale

Hull Labour leader blames defeat to Lib Dems on 'collapse' of Tory vote

Ballots are being counted across Yorkshire

Live Live updates, results and reaction from the local elections across Yorkshire

Ed Davey wants better support for countryside communities.

Lib Dems demand support for communities hit by rocketing heating oil prices

Liberal Democrat candidate for South Yorkshire Mayor Joe Otten

Politics 'addict' Joe Otten on why he wants to be mayor of South Yorkshire

The seat was previously one of the Conservative's safest seats on East Riding Council Pic: Rui Vieira/PA Wire

Safe Tory seat in Yorkshire falls to Lib Dems in huge swing

Harrogate

Harrogate Conservatives and Lib Dems in 'buy local' spat

Sir Ed Davey will be in York this weekend for the Liberal Democrats' spring conference

Lib Dems aiming to repeat North Shropshire success in Yorkshire, says Ed Davey

Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey after giving his keynote address at the Lib Dem annual conference in September 2021 which was held virtually (PA)

Lib Dems call on Chancellor to cut VAT to 17.5% to tackle cost of living crisis

Do you back electoral reform?

Labour must grasp electoral reform to win back power – Yorkshire Post Letters

The new £50m cruise terminal is earmarked for a site next to the Deep aquarium. PIC: Terry Carrott

Council spent £180,000 on 'Cruise Hull Yorkshire' consultants

Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer talks to local business owners as he tours construction works which are part of Sheffield's city centre regeneration project on March 31, 2021 in Sheffield, England. Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images.

Keir Starmer's Labour won't win while in the Westminster trough - YP Letters

People received Covid vaccines on Christmas Day as the Government stepped up the distribution of booster jabs in the wake of the Omicron variant.

Get tough now on vaccine refuseniks – Yorkshire Post Letters

Helen Morgan of the Liberal Democrats makes a speech after being declared the winner in the North Shropshire by-election at Shrewsbury Sports Village

Lib Dems crush Tories in North Shropshire by-election to pile pressure on PM

The resignation of former Tory minister Owen Paterson over an 'egregious' lobbying scandal has triggered this week's North Shropshire by-election.

The North Shopshire tactical voting dilemma in by-election – Rob Potts

File photo of a new house build Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

High Court legal challenge begins over hundreds of new homes in East Yorkshire

Ed Davey's Blue Wall photocall.

Chesham and Amersham was a victory for NIMBYs, not the Lib Dems - Mark Casci

Sarah Green of the Liberal Democrats makes a speech after being declared winner in the Chesham and Amersham by-election

Lib Dems’ Chesham and Amersham win 'shows vulnerability of Blue Wall'

New council leader Terry Fox, deputy leader Julie Julie Grocutt, Green leader Douglas Johnson and his deputy Alison Teal

Labour and Green Party to lead Sheffield Council as 'co-operative'

Brexit continues to divide public and political opinion.

Remainers and Lib Dems in denial over Brexit – Yorkshire Post Letters

Plans to expand Leeds Bradford Airport are being debated by city councillors.

Leeds Bradford Airport revamp must be blocked, says its former chair – Yorkshire...

Beverley's Market Cross bandstand in Saturday Market - with St Mary's Church in the background Picture: Terry Carrott

Build a park and ride for Beverley now rather than waiting years for hundreds mo...

Bradford-born Lib Dem peer Tony Greaves. Photo: Liberal Democrats

'We rebuilt the Lib Dems with grassroots campaigning before, we can do it again'

Laura Gordon, chair of the Northern Liberal Network. Photo: JPI Media

North's Lib Dems call for more Government support for those under restrictions

Sir Ed Davey is the new leader of the Liberal Democrats.

Lib Dems risk oblivion under Sir Ed Davey if they don’t confront political past ...

Purchase of new 5G equipment from Chinese tech giant Huawei will be banned after December 31, says Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden.

We need to rebuild relations with China – Bill Carmichael

Chancellor Rishi Sunak during his economic statement - how will his stimulus package be funded?

There are no free lunches so how will Chancellor foot the bill? – Bill Carmichae...

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