Apologies for the lateness of the hour – I was trawling through my ballot paper for the Party's internal elections... Braverman appointment: Lib Dems call for Cabinet Office inquiry Cancer diagnosis postcode lottery revealed as over 60,000 wait more than two weeks in August alone Fiscal plan delay leaves families in a cloud of uncertainty Concerns Over Welsh Government Housing Targets PMQs: PM refuses to commit to 40 new hospitals Scrapping triple lock would be a betrayal of pensioners Braverman appointment: Lib Dems call for Cabinet Office inquiry The Liberal Democrats have called for a Cabinet Office inquiry into the ...
Today Daisy Cooper asked a question during Prime Minister's Questions. "There's been a lot of speculation that the PM... might seek to cut infrastructure projects," says Lib Dem MP Daisy Cooper, asking about the future of hospital funding PM Rishi Sunak says the "chancellor will set out plans in the autumn statement"#PMQs https://t.co/D4qZLdFYoi pic.twitter.com/NnuVebmKMd — BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) October 26, 2022 Did she get any further this time? * Mary Reid is a contributing editor on Lib Dem Voice. She was a councillor in Kingston upon Thames, where she is still very active with the local party, and is the ...
Our saintly Steve Webb – the Lib Dem pensions expert who became Pensions Minister during the coalition – created the triple lock pledge on pensions. Here he is talking about its history. And the only thing that Liz Truss did that was commendable on the economy – admittedly under pressure – was to reaffirm the triple lock in her final Prime Minister's Questions last week. As a reminder, the triple lock on state pensions means that they will rise by average earnings, inflation or 2.5%, whichever is the highest. So it is hugely disappointing to realise the Rishi Sunak is ...
Embed from Getty ImagesIf Rishi Sunak was meant to offer a fresh start, then his first cabinet was deeply disappointing. There was little sign of a cabinet of all the talents, made possible by the soothing of old enmities, beyond the return of Michael Gove. In fact it's hard not to be depressed at many of the names he brought back or kept on yesterday: Gavin Williamson, Suella Braverman, Dominic Raab, Thérèse Coffey. If you try to come up with a list of four more encouraging names, you are likely to come up with something like: David Gauke, Dominic Grieve, ...
* Paul Walter is a Liberal Democrat activist and member of the Liberal Democrat Voice team. He blogs at Liberal Burblings.
Tue, 12:33: RT @richardmorrisuk: University Education of UK PMs since the war. Oxford None Oxford Oxford Oxford Oxford Oxford None Oxford None Oxford... Tue, 18:35: RT @melikeydrwho: I'm fully convinced David Tennant only came back to Doctor Who to spite Michael Sheen and nobody can convince me otherwis... Tue, 18:35: RT @garethlpowell: "Doctor Who is worth three times as much as the UK's fishing industry." Tue, 19:10: Voorbij de grenzen van de ernst, by Kamagurka (Luc�Zeebroek) https://t.co/2UMMkuVMI3 Tue, 20:42: Election in December than. #ae22b https://t.co/b1s7dwZuvZ Tue, 22:03: Blew my chance to get it in 18! Daily #254 1️⃣4️⃣⬛1️⃣9️⃣ 1️⃣8️⃣⬛1️⃣5️⃣ 0️⃣5️⃣⬛1️⃣6️⃣ ...
The day after the 'coronation of Rishi Sunak and the reappointment of Michael Gove to the Cabinet I wrote to the Elected Mayor of Liverpool urging her to invite them to Liverpool to invite the new Prime Minister and the ... Continue reading →
If there is one thing the quick turnover of Prime Ministers has highlighted it is the government's apparently bottomless supply of lecterns. People have suddenly become aware of the number and variety of these speaking aids. A tweet from one journalist yesterday suggested that the government maintains a collection of lecterns going back to the 18th century. He suggested that it is one of the responsibilities of the Deputy Chief Whip, one of whose title is Keeper of the Lecterns. He said that there are over 200 in the collection, and the Keeper is charged with keeping it up to ...
There's a new West End and Lochee Connecting Carers Café starting tomorrow - Thursday 27th October from 9.30am to 11.30am - at the Friary in Tullideph Road. Aimed at carers across the West End and Lochee, this is another new great initiative!
