Last time I was in Helsinki, it was about 10 years ago when I was a Young Liberal and had been attending the European Liberal Youth (LYMEC) congress on the ferry between Helsinki and Stockholm. My ...

Budge up! We need to make room at the British political table for a new guest. Or, an old guest wearing a different hat which, in these days of UKIPs, Brexit parties, and Reform Uks (Reforms UK?), ...

A few “political open goals” have been facing the Lib Dems recently, from the firing of Christine Jardine from the front bench (covered wonderfully by Lib Dem Voice’s own Mathew Hulbert) to Unite the ...

There are some things that you just can’t polish.” So I said when i spoke against the Government’s plans to bring secret courts into the area of civil law back in 2013. For some inexplicable reason, ...

One of the best moments of any party conference is when we honour the people who have gone above and beyond the call of duty for the party. Party members are invited to nominate party colleagues for ...

As Parliament approaches the summer recess, the government is pushing out announcements to set the agenda for the autumn.  An ‘English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill’, 300 pages long, was ...

Ed Davey will give a major speech at the Institute for Public Policy Research in London. We're used to hearing from the right that our high energy prices are all to do with nasty net zero. Ed will ...

There is quite a sisterhood in politics, a solidarity between women that transcends party. One of the major drivers of that is that we all have to put up with the same crap within our parties. Whether ...

The Children’s Commissioner, Dame Rachel de Souza has produced a totally damming Report on Child Poverty in the UK. The report is based on listening to children about their experiences of poverty – ...

One of the brightest stars on the Lib Dem front bench, Josh Babarinde, has been talking to Nick Robinson on this week's ...

Well, that was all quite a shambles wasn’t it? A political own goal if ever I’ve seen one. No, on this occasion I’m not speaking of Labour on welfare, the Tories on, well, pretty much everything, or ...

Another week brings another public disagreement between Labour’s leaders and the trade unions that once formed the backbone of their movement. This time, Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner faces ...