Ronnie Fearn 1930-2022
Ronnie Fearn, former MP for Southport and more recently Lord Fearn of Southport, has died aged 90.
Ronnie Fearn, former MP for Southport and more recently Lord Fearn of Southport, has died aged 90.
Responding to DCMS Secretary Nadine Dorries' comments regarding the future of the BBC, Liberal Democrat DCMS Spokesperson Jamie Stone MP said:
Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey has called for the Cabinet Office inquiry to be extended into all parties that took place in Number 10 last year, along with any that took place in other government departments.
Yesterday (Thursday 2nd) there were two council byelections for Lancaster City Council
The regional executive elections results have declared our new team of regional officers for the North West Liberal Democrats in 2022.
The Liberal Democrats have today accused Education Secretary, Nadhim Zahawi, of breaking more promises as new statistics from the Department for Education (12:00 noon) revealed 216,000 children have missed school over two weeks, a rise of 47%.
Lib Dem MP Daisy Cooper highlighted the situation of the clinically extremely vulnerable in the Commons yesterday, in the light of the news of the latest COVID variant:
The Liberal Democrats have urged the government to bring back official guidance to work from home where possible, to help keep cases of the Omicron variant down ahead of Christmas.
This week saw two council byelections for Morecambe Town Council.
Big thanks to the voters of Oxton who backed the Lib Dems in yesterday's byelection!
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Liberal Democrats had an excellent result in Salford last night in the council election for Blackfriars and Trinity ward.
The Viv Bingham Lecture is an annual event, part of our regional Autumn Conference on Saturday. Past speakers have included Baroness Liz Barker and Gordon Lishman CBE.
Our Regional Conference returns to Lancaster this weekend, with a speaker lineup including Bernard Greaves, co-author of "The Theory and Practice of Community Politics". Bernard, who was the first openly gay man to hold public office in a political party in the UK, will give our annual Viv Bingham Lecture.