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North West Lib Dems: Six Wins In One Night!

The Lib Dems won six council byelections in the North West last night - and more elsewhere in the country!

Plymouth Tragedy: Gun Licence Reform Overdue

Lib Dem home affairs spokesman Lord Paddick says Home Secretary Priti Patel should forward new statutory guidance on shotgun and firearm licencing without delay.

Afghanistan: What Next?

"The Taliban have claimed no "innocent" Afghans will be harmed.

Lib Dem WIN in Cumbria

In today's South Lakeland council byelection the Lib Dems won with an increased share of the vote.

Cutting Universal Credit now will only hurt the poorest

"Cutting Universal Credit will hurt the poorest in our society, simply a heartless and callous policy.

The 3.8 million left behind in the pandemic

Conversion Therapy: Still No Action

Ripping Up Our Traditions

The Liberal Democrats have condemned the government's new "Borders Bill".

Influencing Lib Dem Policy in the North West

Do you have a bright idea or do you just want to be check what our party policies are?

Autumn Conference News

Our North West Autumn Conference is set for Saturday October 16.

Huge Win in Chesham & Amersham

Last night Liberal Democrats gained a 25% swing in Chesham and Amersham electing our 12th MP, Sarah Green.

Hungary: Anti-LGBT+ law is "disgusting" human rights violation

Responding to the passing of legislation by the Hungarian Parliament that bans materials in schools deemed to promote homosexuality and gender change, Liberal Democrat Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Layla Moran MP said: "Quite simply this is a disgusting piece of legislation which violates human rights and will lead to lasting harm to LGBT+ individuals. Homophobic persecution of this sort is something we are used to seeing in Vladmir Putin's Russia, not in an EU member state. It is appalling. "But this is only the latest repressive step from Viktor Orban, whose record on antisemitism, Islamophobia, LGBT+ and women's rights, and so much more besides is utterly abysmal. Despite this, Boris Johnson still thought Viktor Orban was worthy of rolling out the Downing Street red carpet last month. What signal does that send out about the type of country we want to be? "In order to combat this assault on LGBT+ rights, the UK Government must commit to working in lockstep with our EU allies. We will only be able to tac