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After celebrating their best ever general Election Results, The Party is the third biggest in parliament. Some of its members are here as mps for the first time. The mood is so upbeat, it is so buoyant but we are really determined to get stuff done. The reason we fight in elections and we win elections is so we can achieve things for our community so i am excited to be talking about our plan fixing Social Care and the health service, and how we really represent our community to be that strong, d...

on the programme today: tories lick their wounds as their losses mount — the pm puts on a brave face. we are obviously very disappointed. we are obviously very disappointed. we did expect a slight change, but certainly not before whirlwind gains that labour have made tonight. tories lick their wounds as their losses mount — the pm puts on a brave face. im not detecting any massive groundswell of moment towards the labour party or excitement for their agenda. people want us to focus...

Plans to close Romsey Railway Station’s ticket office have been dropped, with many travellers welcoming the news.

A bit of both. there is no - the liberal democrats? i think its a bit of both. there is no doubt i a bit of both. there is no doubt that people are really sick to the back teeth of this conservative government. people raised with me on the doorstep the issue of the nhs being perpetually in crisis, the enormous cost of living crisis, the cost of energy bills and food, as well as the fact they see the conservatives allowing water companies to pump sewage into our waterways with impunity. at the sa...

Wrong reasons. it will stay in the limelight because his resignation triggers a by—election. it is the second difficult by—election ongoing for the conservatives at the moment. they are defending our former red bull labour seat up in wakefield. tiverton and honiton is generally considered safe tory. neil parish had a 211,000 vote majority, but so were chesham and amersham in north shropshire, and the lib dems clinched two seats. i have been chatting to local lib dems overnight and ifancy cha...

Local Lib-Dems call for urgent government action on moorland fires Date published: 25 May 2021 Councillor Howard Sykes The Leader of the Liberal Democrat Group on Oldham Council, councillor Howard Sykes MBE, has written to the Conservative Government calling for a national ban on the sale of disposable barbecues. They are often the cause of moorland fires. Cllr Sykes has called for greater court punishments for those found guilty of negligently or wilfully setting fire to our moors. He has...

A Conservative minister has hit out at political point-scoring amid accusations he defied police by taking a selfie outside his local football ground on match day.   Alex Chalk, the MP for Cheltenham, posted a photo outside the clubs Jonny Rocks Stadium ahead of their FA Cup clash with Manchester City last week.         The post, urging Cheltenham Town to knock em dead, was later deleted but spurred allegations that he ignored officers pleas for fans to stay away.  Local Lib Dems h...