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The Liberal Democrats’ General Election manifesto at a glance

Here are some of the headline policy proposals from the Lib Dems

Evening Standard · Jun 12, 2024

Lib Dem proposals take social care reform seriously – but doubts remain over how they’d pay for it

Despite the fact that it is central to so many people’s lives, too often, social care is an afterthought for UK political parties. In the first TV debate of the 2024 general election, Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer devoted only 36 seconds to this issue.

The Conversation · Jun 11, 2024

Social care is a timebomb beneath Britain – why does neither main party have a plan to tackle it?

Plans to fund adult care have been derided as a ‘dementia tax’ or a ‘death tax’. The carers I visited showed me that what they need is both urgent and simple, says the Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The Guardian - UK · Jun 11, 2024

Ed Davey says Lib Dems would fight for UK to rejoin EU single market and eventually overturn Brexit

The Liberal Democrat leader said fixing the UK’s broken relationship with Europe will drive down prices in shops and widen opportunities for young people to work throughout the bloc

The Independent UK · Jun 10, 2024

Tax and the NHS: key takeaways from the Lib Dem manifesto launch

No major surprises at launch, as Davey attempts to separate party from Labour and Tories in terms of policy costings

The Guardian - UK · Jun 10, 2024

Lib Dems launch election manifesto with pledge to ‘save the NHS’

Party presents ‘fully costed plan to tackle the healthcare crisis from top to bottom’, including guarantees on GPs and dentists and free-to-access social care

The Guardian - UK · Jun 10, 2024

LibDems blasted over 'abandoning route back to EU' as party launches manifesto

THE LibDems have unveiled a manifesto pledge to get Britain back into the single market – opening them up to accusations they have “abandoned…

The National (Scotland) · Jun 10, 2024

Ed Davey's eye-popping rollercoaster ride in latest election stunt after launching Lib Dem manifesto

He first grabbed the media spotlight by falling off a paddleboard on Lake Windermere

Evening Standard · Jun 10, 2024

Lib Dem manifesto: Right to see GP within a week at heart of Ed Davey’s plan to transform Britain

Lib Dem leader proposes £9billion ‘rescue package’ for the NHS and other public services

Evening Standard · Jun 10, 2024

Harder to own your first home under the Tories, Rishi Sunak admits – UK politics as it happened

PM acknowledges in BBC Panorama interview to air tonight that it is a challenge for people to buy their first home

The Guardian - UK · Jun 10, 2024