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The Lib Dems have a bold plan – and it is already working

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

The Guardian - UK

As Liberal Democrats, we must set out a bold and distinctive offer to voters

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

The Guardian - UK

Lib Dems are being too cautious, say senior party members

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

The Guardian - UK

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Autumn statement: voters in Shakespeare’s birthplace count cost of Tory theatre

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

The Guardian - UK

Full results for Mid Bedfordshire and Tamworth as Labour by-election wins smash records

Labour ‘redraw political map’ with unprecendented victories

The Independent UK

Labour hope to snatch Tamworth and Mid Bedfordshire in double by-election coup

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

The Independent UK

Labour and Lib Dems in bitter battle over Mid Bedfordshire byelection

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

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Gap between SNP and Labour narrows to one point, new poll shows

New polling from YouGov on behalf of the Scottish Fabians showed the SNP on 33% and Labour on 32% with ‘don’t knows’ removed.

The Independent UK

Rutherglen & Hamilton West result: Key statistics and historical benchmarks

The result is one of the largest-ever swings at a Westminster by-election in Scotland where a seat has changed hands.

The Independent UK

Poll spells trouble for Rishi Sunak as voters who ‘lent’ votes look to take them back

Party loses 40% of 2019 voters in south and Midlands according to exclusive Opinium poll for the Observer

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on the Liberal Democrats: a strategy to help oust the Tories

Editorial: Casting the Lib Dems as the party of the NHS is bold but credible – given a Liberal can claim to have invented it

The Guardian - UK

Lib Dems members rebuff leadership with vote to keep housebuilding targets

Overwhelming conference vote defies Ed Davey strategy of reshaping policy to court wavering Tory voters

The Guardian - UK

Liberal Democrats plan to focus election campaign on ultra-local issues

Approach mirrors recent byelection successes but has some members at conference expressing concern

The Guardian - UK

Britain’s political debate is lacking bold, radical policies. This is your moment, Lib Dems

Ed Davey should go big on Europe, the economy and the environment at the party conference this week, says Max von Thun, a former adviser to the party

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Before we get to the election, Lib Dems need to raise their sights and up their game

They pulled off some spectacular byelection victories over the Tories, but their poll rating is consistently underwhelming

The Guardian - UK

Lib Dems to attack Tories on NHS and pensions triple lock, Ed Davey says

The leader says his party is focusing on the NHS and protecting pensions to woo Conservatives in rural heartlands

The Guardian - UK

Coogan and Vorderman back tactical voting calls at Lib Dem conference

Videos from Carol Vorderman and Steve Coogan supporting call played at party’s annual conference in Bournemouth

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Steve Coogan and Carol Vorderman back Lib Dem calls for electoral reform

The celebrities are set to make appearances in video messages shown at the party conference in Bournemouth.

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The Guardian - UK

Cameron and Clegg considered audacious electoral pact in 2015

Senior Tory and Lib Dem MPs were behind the plan, new book reveals

The Independent UK

Statutory shared parental pay would be doubled under Lib Dem proposals

New parents are currently eligible for 37 weeks of shared paid leave, which the party wants to extend to 46 weeks.

The Independent UK

Lib Dems promise to double statutory pay for parental leave

Exclusive: Ed Davey’s party to offer huge increase in payments and expand time off by nine weeks

Evening Standard

OPINION - The Standard View: Rupert Murdoch’s reign was one like no other

The announcement would have made for extraordinary timing, whether or not it occurred part-way through the Standard’s serialisation of The Fall: The End of the Murdoch Empire by Michael Wolff.

The Independent UK

1p tax on every new clothing item to tackle fast fashion among Lib Dem proposals

The levy would apply to new garments for sale on the UK market, with the proceeds ringfenced for improving local recycling facilities.

The Independent UK

Labour threaten to report Lib Dems to police over by-election ‘lies and smears’

Campaign to win Nadine Dorries’ old seat turns nasty, with Labour accused of ‘cheap stunts’

The Guardian - UK

The Lib Dems are struggling when they should be flying: should they leap in where Labour fears to tread?

The party needs a radical approach if it wants to be seen as any more than a tactical vote to get rid of the Tories, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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