This morning I attended the Single Market Summit, the start of a cross-party initiative between opposition leaders to oppose the Conservatives’ hard Brexit. To the anger of many Labour MPs – and to my great disappointment, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn … read more
The Conservative’s roll out of Universal Credit risks driving up homelessness. That’s what I will warn in a debate in Westminster Hall this morning. Go to Source Author: read more
Commenting, Liberal Democrat leader Vince Cable said: “This is a good, positive step to parliamentary co-ordination between opposition parties against the Conservative Brexit. There are four parties here who are putting their political differences to one side for the good of … read more
On Monday, Parliament will return from recess and debate the Taxation (Cross-Border trade) Bill. This sets the ground to pull the UK out of the existing Customs Union. Labour’s leadership has published a typically vague amendment against taking the Bill … read more
Almost 2,350 academics from the EU have resigned from UK universities in the past year, research by the Liberal Democrats has revealed. That’s up 19% from 1,975 two years ago (i.e. before the Brexit vote), and up 10% from 1,938 … read more