Today and #LDConf we have called for a new environmental watchdog to uphold green laws post-Brexit Lib Dem Deputy Leader in the Lords & Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Kate Parminter Today at #LDConf we have called for the setting up of a tough new watchdog to protect the environment from […]

At our Autumn Conference today, we’ve set out plans for urgent, radical action to tackle climate change – and challenged the Government to meet them, before it’s too late. Lib Dem Spokesperson for Energy and Climate Change Lynne Featherstone In a motion passed today at our Autumn conference, we have called on the government to set […]

The Green Investment Bank’s environmental mission is in danger of disappearing. Sadly, this is another of the positive legacies of the Liberal Democrats in government that the Conservatives are now burying. Leader of the Liberal Democrats, Vince Cable The Government’s sale of the Green Investment Bank (GIB), which was completed today, is environmentally irresponsible. The Government […]

The Garden Bridge was a scandalous waste of taxpayer’s money – it’s long past time the project was scrapped. Lib Dem Shadow Minister for London Caroline Pidgeon Today’s news that the Garden Bridge project has been officially scrapped is very welcome. The entire project was a “scandalous waste of public funds.” This is the final nail […]

Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Wera Hobhouse A Crisis report is forecasting a rise in rough sleeping. In 2017 no-one should be homeless, living in a bed and breakfast or worrying whether they will have a roof over their head from one month to the next. This is a […]

Michael Gove chose to put stopping EU fishing in British waters front and centre of his campaign to leave the EU, yet is now telling Danish Fishermen the opposite. Lib Dem Spokesperson on Exiting the European Union Tom Brake Michael Gove has said that British waters would continue to be fished by EU trawlers post-Brexit. Gove […]

The family farm could disappear by 2022 if the Government doesn’t act – and attacking the National Trust won’t help: Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Kate Parminter If the Government doesn’t guarantee farm subsidies beyond 2022, then the family farm could disappear entirely – that’s the damning verdict of the […]

Commenting on reports that the public back the Liberal Democrat policy of banning the most-polluting cars from city centres Liberal Democrat Shadow Transport Secretary Jenny Randerson said: “The air we allow our children to breathe is toxic and is leading to a national health crisis. “If our water was as contaminated as the air we breathe […]

The following article was written by the Liberal Democrat Leader Tim Farron and published yesterday on the Lib Dems website. Today the Lib Dems are laying down the law to developers: unless you build the homes that Britain needs, we will. The Conservative government has given developers a carte blanche to play the property market […]

Liberal Democrats have announced that they would give the immediate go-ahead to the Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon project and start plans for a programme of tidal lagoons, including at Cardiff, Colwyn Bay, and Newport, creating over 34,000 jobs in Wales alone and opportunities for hundreds of businesses in the supply chain. A huge shift towards […]