Joining Ellie in Durham will be Cllr Alex Neil - congratulations on a fantastic win in Langley & Esh!

Well done to our former Chair, Callum Robertson, for cutting Labour's majority to just 40 in one of their safe seats in Watford.

Congratulations to Dominic Merritt, Chichester's newest YL Councillor, after defending Jess Brown-Fuller MP's old seat!

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Ed Davey said it!

I offer my heartfelt congratulations to His Holiness Pope Leo XIV.. At a time when compassion and kindness are needed more than ever, his leadership offers hope to millions of Catholics across the world.

The Economist estimates that the annual costs of Reform UK’s manifesto would be around £200bn and savings around £100bn. The gap would amount to a colossal fiscal shock, blowing up the deficit and straining the gilt market to its limit econ.st/4jGgTfP

A disappointing decision to ban political parties from Manchester Pride. As an MP who consistently speaks up for LGBTQ+ rights, I believe now is the time to challenge parties to do better - not shut them out. This isn’t accountability, it’s letting them off the hook.

We are delighted to welcome Dylan into our party, who joins due to our unequivocal support of trans people. Lib Dems forced Labour to abolish Section 28 and pushed the Conservatives to legislate same sex marriage. We’ll continue to fight for LGBT+ rights.thepinknews.com/2025/05/15/lab…

It is clear - it is Ed Davey and the Lib Dems who have the best chance of beating Starmer while offering an alternative to the Conservatives and Farage.

LIB DEM SUCCESS Thousands more children in struggling households are set to receive Free School Meals as Lib Dem policy introduced. We welcome this proposal, and if Labour want to improve lives further, we encourage them to nick more of our policies! bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

"This is proof that Britain is becoming a nursing home with a State attached to it." Has Labour’s winter fuel U-turn proven that pensioners are politically untouchable - at the expense of younger generations? emily m | Jon Sopel | Lewis Goodall

Many thanks to our YLers who led on this campaign, in particular Finn Conway, who was one of the Oxford students fighting to scrap this legislation.

With the Liberal Democrats foreign affairs team I have written to the Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary, urging them to take the vital step of formally recognising a state of Palestine. The letter has been signed by all 72 Liberal Democrats MPs.

Here are a few things that have happened since HS2 was first announced in 2009: China has built 40,000km of HSR, Oasis have broken up and then reunited, Trump has won 2 Presidential Elections, We've had 5 different Tory PMs, 20 generations of iPhones have been released, Madness.

PIP isn't an out-of-work benefit. It exists to help people live their life, regardless of employment. For so many taking PIP away will cause them to lose their job, and for many more removing PIP will crush any hope of getting a job. This is cruel.

Britishness has never been about blood purity, and we won’t let right wing voices redefine what it means to be British. Politicians like Jenrick have othered British children, including some born to “white British” parents, for too long. Language matters. ft.com/content/86f45c…

With the amount of British expats in Spain, the Labour government must work with the Spanish government to allow dual Spanish-British citizenship for Brits who want to become naturalised in Spain.