New figures show that 1 in 7 disabled people aged 16-59 in England and Wales experienced domestic abuse in the year to March 2020, and that disabled women were more than twice as likely to have…
The Resolution Foundation has found that almost two million people have not worked for at least six months of the crisis. Cllr Robin Ashby, who speaks for Newcastle Liberal Democrats on business…
Employers with over 50 employees at work (not working from home) can now ask the Government for workplace lateral flow tests. Apply to http://www.gov.uk/get-workplace-coronavirus-test There's a…
Liberal Democrats Leader Ed Davey has launched the party's campaign to "give carers a break", calling on the Government to give councils immediate emergency funding so they can provide the support…
The Chinese Government has banned BBC World News. Liberal Democrats Foreign Affairs spokesperson Layla Moran MP reacted: "The Chinese government's BBC ban, in response to their reporting on the…
Liberal Democrats councillors are calling on Newcastle City Council to look into ways to do more to increase take up of universal free school meals, following data showing that only 70% of under 7s…
The latest national wealth (GDP) figures show the UK economy shrank by a record 9.9% in 2020, the worst fall since 1709. Liberal Democrats Treasury Spokesperson Christine Jardine MP said:
New figures show disabled people make up 60% of all COVID-19 related deaths - over 30,000 in 10 months, or 100 a day on average.
"The news today that Amsterdam has taken London's crown as Europe's leading share-trading hub will send shockwaves through the economy," says Cllr Robin Ashby, who speaks for Newcastle Liberal…
"It is a scandal that the Tories have broken their post-Grenfell promises to leaseholders living in unsafe homes," Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats Daisy Cooper MP said, following Housing…
