The Latest Breaking News from the Lib Dems

Speaking ahead of the party’s spring conference, the Liberal Democrat leader challenges the Tories and Labour to find consensus on financial package for the NHS

No one wants Jeremy Hunt to be Chancellor. Labour doesn’t, obviously — the party has its own candidate, albeit with largely the same spending plans and fiscal rules. Rishi Sunak doesn’t — he wants to be his own finance minister. The Tory Right still pines for Truss-onomics, the SNP doesn’t…

Letter: The party’s president, Dr Mark Pack, responds to a letter from senior party members who argued that the Lib Dem offering must be more radical and less cautious. Plus letters from Dr Alan Butt Philip and Peter Wrigley

Letters: Senior members call on the party to do more to highlight its differences from Labour and the Conservatives in the run-up to the next general election

Group of 30 senior figures calls for more boldness to show voters party stands for ‘something inspiring’

Usually boosted by tourist spending, Stratford-upon-Avon’s residents and businesses lament cost of living crisis

Labour ‘redraw political map’ with unprecendented victories

Sir Keir Starmer’s party are feeling positive about their chances in the two previously safe Conservative seats.

Disagreements over who is best placed to take Nadine Dorries’s seat could threaten tactical voting strategies at general election