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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

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

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
A safe Conservative seat fell to the Lib Dems in a huge swing put down to a "general unhappiness" with the Tories among voters.

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
History has given us some great examples of acts of political hubris which quickly transformed into acute embarrassment at the polls.

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...

Was Nick Clegg under-estimated as a politician?

‘Why I believe Nick Clegg was the best MP for putting country before Lib Dems’

When will Boris Johnson act on social care?

Social care and why Boris Johnson now has no hiding place – The Yorkshire Post s...

Boris Johnson returns to 10 Downing Street after being invited by the Queen to form a government.

Now Boris Johnson must repay the trust that voters from Labour heartlands placed...

How will Yorkshire benefit at the election?

Election 2019: What the main parties are promising for Yorkshire

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn at the Question Time debate in Sheffield

Jeremy Corbyn pledges to adopt 'neutral stance' in EU referendum under Labour

Bill Carmichael questions whether Jeremy Corbyn's spending plans add up.

Jeremy Corbyn and his rivals are misleading our voters with their ‘free’ electio...

Lib Dem leader Jo Swinson. Photo: PA

Lib Dems pledge to create Yorkshire Parliament while Labour back One Yorkshire d...

Sheffield Hallam is one of the wealthiest constituencies in the North of England. Pic: Scott Merrylees

Sheffield Hallam General Election profile: Lib Dems and Labour vying to replace ...

Jo Swinson has just delivered her first keybote address to the Lib Dem conference as party leader.

Jo Swinson and Lib Dems need to look beyond Brexit and revoking Article 50 – The...

Boris Johnson and Priti Patel, the Home Secretary, during a visit to West Yorkshire Police's headquarters in Wakefield.

Time for Independent MPs and Rebel Alliance to fill Brexit vacuum – Yorkshire Po...

Boris Johnson lost his Commons majority when Dr Phillip Lee defected to the Lib Dems.

Resignation leaves Boris Johnson on the brink – The Yorkshire Post says

Jayne Dowle believes Emily Thornberry would make a better Labour leader than Jeremy Corbyn. Picture: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Time to replace Jeremy Corbyn with Emily Thornberry to properly challenge Boris ...

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May arrives for a European Union (EU) summit at EU Headquarters in Brussels on May 28, 2019. Picture: EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images.

Why Theresa May’s deal is still the best way to deliver Brexit - Steve Houghton

Labour has expelled Alastair Campbell for backing the Lib Dems in last week's EU elections.

Jeremy Corbyn can’t duck Brexit question as Alastair Campbell banned – The Yorks...

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage has a political discussion with a woman during the campaign trail in Exeter, ahead of today's European elections. Picture: Ben Birchall/PA Wire

European elections are a battle for the soul of UK - Jayne Dowle

These MPs have had many guises since they left the Labour and Tory parties to form a new Independent Group at Westminster which then became known as Change UK.

Change UK and how not run a party as Nigel Farage surges ahead over Brexit – Bil...

Theresa May at a Nato summit.

Why I believe sweeping denigration of European neighbours unjustified – Yorkshir...

Theresa May acts as a a marshal at a Good Friday fun run in her constituency.

Tom Richmond: Theresa May finds her stride and a new sense of direction