Burnham must get UK-EU Summit date in diary
After the Prime Minister failed to name a date for the postponed UK-EU Summit in response to Ed Davey’s question at PMQs today, Liberal Democrat Europe Spokesperson, Al Pinkerton MP, said:
2 Sep 2026
National News
Richard Foord
Devon MP condemns rural banking "heist", as Honiton counts down to losing its last bank
Rural towns across Devon are being robbed of face-to-face banking, a Devon MP has told Parliament.
WF
2 Sep 2026
Reading
Burnham’s devolution deal risks ‘leaving Reading behind’, warn Reading Lib Dems
Reading Liberal Democrats have warned the Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, that his devolution vision risks creating a left-behind Britain, pitting community against community as winners and losers, with Reading without a metro-mayor set to lose out.
2 Sep 2026
Worcestershire
Fewer than one in 20 burglaries in West Mercia result in a charge
Worcestershire Liberal Democrats call for urgent action as almost two-thirds of burglary cases close without a suspect being identified, with 3,813 burglaries recorded across West Mercia in 2025!
DBG
2 Sep 2026
General News and Press Releases
McArthur urges Ministers to address delay in Single Farm Payment
Orkney's MSP, Liam McArthur has today written to Agriculture Minister Jim Fairlie, following reports of delays in local farm businesses receiving their Single Farm Payment.
2 Sep 2026
Cole-Hamilton responds to Swinney on BBC Radio
Responding to John Swinney’s interview on BBC Radio Scotland, in which he failed to explain how his plans to cut the number of health boards did not amount to a centralisation, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said:
2 Sep 2026