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The Latest Breaking News from the Lib Dems

Local elections 2023: Timetable of key results and events

Votes will be counted overnight and during the next day.

The Independent UK

Lib Dem leader hopes for local election springboard to Westminster gains

Sir Ed Davey said voting trends in Tory heartlands should leave Rishi Sunak’s party strategists worried.

The Independent UK

Frustration at Labour and Lib Dem HQs as local parties ‘go rogue’ to create progressive alliance

List of council candidates in Tory heartland of Bracknell reveals de facto pact between opposition parties, undermining national positions

The Guardian - UK

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The big issues on voters' minds ahead of Stockport's first 'all out' election in nearly 20 years

All 63 council seats will be up for grabs when the borough goes to the polls in May.

Manchester Evening News

OPINION - Scrap your tuition fees pledge, Labour, and end middle-class handouts

Tuition fees is the exploding bomb of British politics. It can go off in the hands of an unsuspecting leader and even lead, as in the case of poor Nick Clegg of the Lib Dems, to being forced to flee to Facebook. When he was running to be leader of…

Evening Standard

Potholes in England go unrepaired for up to 18 months

Lib Dem research finds nine councils where average repair time is four weeks or longer

The Guardian - UK

‘Postcode lottery’ as potholes take 18 months to fix in some areas – Lib Dems

Repairs took up to 567 days in Stoke-on-Trent and up to 556 days in Westminster City Council, according to data obtained by the Lib Dems.

The Independent UK

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The Mancunian Way: Less affordable than London?

The eye-watering cost of rent PLUS More officers disciplined over Whatsapp group AND GM councillor standing in the Cotswolds

Manchester Evening News

Fly-tipping ‘effectively legalised’ under Tories, claim Lib Dems

The Liberal Democrats have become the latest party to accuse ministers of failing to tackle rising levels of dumped waste.

The Independent UK

Revealed: More than 3,000 ‘monster’ sewage dumps into waterways last year

Government and water companies urged to ‘get a grip’ as high-frequency spills soar by 63%

The Independent UK

SNP poll lead for next general election slashed to five points

Redfield-Wilton released their latest polling, showing the SNP are still on course to win the most Scottish seats at the next general election.

The Independent UK

‘This is bigger than potholes’: Lib Dems tap into voter anger over sewage

Party is striking chord with ‘blue wall’ voters by championing a classic environmental issue

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - If we keep turning a blind eye to fraud it will corrode public trust

Buried in a lengthy new audit on public-sector fraud by the National Audit Office is a remarkable detail. It notes that at the time the Department for Business, Energy and Industry Strategy was charged with handling the Bounce Back Loan scheme, it only had two full-time staff working in its…

Evening Standard

Local elections 2023: Where you can vote and how to get an emergency proxy

Keir Starmer is hoping Labour can make big gains in council elections

Evening Standard

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The Independent UK

2023 local elections: When and where are they taking place?

The Conservatives have made a net loss of 40 seats in council by-elections since May 2022.

The Independent UK

Labour ‘overconfident’ on election win as middle-class voters coming back to Tories, says poll guru

Signs of Rishi Sunak-inspired revival in Tory fortunes in affluent ‘blue wall’ territory, says Lord Hayward

The Guardian - UK

‘His goose is cooked’: Even true-blue Wokingham voters think Boris Johnson’s time is up

And there are signs that ‘chaos fatigue’ created by the former PM means that solid Tory seats such as John Redwood’s could be up for grabs at the next election

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak urged to block Liz Truss’s reported resignation nominations

Labour’s Angela Rayner called it a ‘list of shame’ after the former prime minister’s mini-budget helped to send the pound’s value tumbling.

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The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on tactical voting: it would help to oust Tories

Editorial: Labour voters in Conservative-held commuter belt seats should respond positively to Sir Ed Davey’s overtures

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak will lose ‘dozens of Tory seats’ over sewage dumping, claims Lib Dem leader

Sir Ed Davey calls Conservatives ‘mutinous pirates’ in spring conference speech

The Guardian - UK

Ed Davey calls Tories ‘mutinous pirates’ in speech to Lib Dem conference

Party leader sets out no new policies in York but focuses on ‘community politics’ and proportional representation

The Guardian - UK

Lib Dems to target Labour voters in ‘blue wall’ swing seats, says Ed Davey

Party leader hopes letter campaign in commuter belt areas can tempt voters to switch in order to beat Tories

Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh by-election win for Liberal Democrats makes them city's second biggest party

Fiona Bennett said she was ready to “hit the ground running” after a comfortable victory which puts more pressure on the under-fire Labour administration.

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