11 h. ago Reform UK mayor Luke Campbell under fire over £1m community fund website

A Lib Dem councillor has accused Hull and East Yorkshire mayor Luke Campbell of setting up a site for a £1 million fund promoted by Reform UK

Economics

18 h. ago Ed Davey calls for review of terrorism legislation after Palestine Action arrests – UK politics live

The Lib Dem leader is seeking a review of the laws to prevent the ‘en masse’ arrestsIt is “absolutely essential” for the US to be part of European security guarantees for a potential Ukrainian peace deal, but there is “lots more work to be done” on what they will entail, a minister has said.“The really important progress yesterday was on the security guarantees, these issues that the prime minister and president Macron have been leading on within Europe, with 30 countries involved in planning with a coalition of the willing to make sure we can provide those guarantees.Those guarantees are really important. You’re right to say that there’s now lots more work to be done on the nature of those guarantees. That’s what is now under way.You’ve seen that happening immediately. It was already under way, as I say, across 30 countries, and now the United States is going to be involved in that.In the House of Commons, we abstained [from the decision to make Palestine Action a proscribed organi...

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44 h. ago SNP promise to close attainment gap ‘in ruins’, say Lib Dems

The party's education spokesperson Willie Rennie said that the SNP has "betrayed a whole generation of young people from poorer backgrounds"

Politics

5 d. ago Nicola Sturgeon claims baby box will help reduce child poverty attainment gap 'in time'

The former first minister pledged in 2015 "to close the attainment gap completely" but latest exam results show it remains at 17 per cent.

Politics

1 week ago YouTube ads should be monitored like traditional media, say Lib Dems

The party said YouTube ads should be screened for ‘harmful and misleading content’.

Politics

2 w. ago Scotland exam results: Ministers under pressure for failing to close poverty

Attainment has risen in the last year but the gap between pupils from the wealthiest and most deprived backgrounds remains almost static

Politics

2 w. ago Nicola Sturgeon pledge to eliminate attainment gap between richest and poorest Scots pupils 'in tatters'

The former SNP leader pledged in 2015 "to close the attainment gap completely" but latest exam results show it remains at 17 per cent.

Politics

2 w. ago Kate Forbes: Will the SNP Deputy First Minister's resignation pave the way for a Lib Dem victory?

The Scottish Liberal Democrats have long been targeting Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes’s seat in Holyrood.

Politics