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Press release on the Autumn Statement.

Lib Dems condemn “chaotic and incompetent” budget

Sewage in our Rivers

The sheer quantity of raw sewage being dumped into Britain’s rivers and coastal areas is a scandal and a disgrace.

18,000 Shropshire GP appointments at risk due to tax hike

Analysis by Liberal Democrat MPs has revealed that the rise in employers’ national insurance announced at the Budget could put over 18,000 GP appointments in Shropshire at risk due to increased costs to practices.

Alison Bennett's Monday Mail: Remembrance

Today is Armistice Day. Over the last two weeks I have been honoured to attend a number of Remembrance events, both locally in Burgess Hill, Haywards Heath and Lindfield, and in Parliament....

1.3m school working days lost to mental ill health

Scottish Liberal Democrat education spokesperson Willie Rennie MSP has today warned of the “mounting toll” of mental health absences among Scottish education staff, as he revealed that a staggering 1,362,204 teacher, support staff and nursery staff days h

Rennie: RAAC threatens to wreck college budgets

Scottish Liberal Democrat education spokesperson Willie Rennie has today written to the Education Secretary to express his concern after it emerged that as many as seven colleges have now identified the dangerous concrete RAAC at their sites.

Lest we forget