Tories are ‘myopically focused on forcing through biggest act of economic self-harm ever undertaken by a democratic government’, he says. / Tory grandee Michael Heseltine has said he will not be supporting the Conservatives in the European election, and will instead vote Liberal Democrat.
Ex-Labour MP Luciana Berger joins Liberal Democrats seven months after quitting Jeremy Corbyn’s party
05/09/2019
The Liverpool Wavertree MP said Jo Swinson's party is best placed to stop Brexit.
Dr Phillip Lee to mount Brexit challenge against veteran Eurosceptic.
Ex-Tory MP joins Lib Dems
14/08/2019
Former Conservative MP Sarah Wollaston has joined the Liberal Democrats, the party has announced.
The Liberal Democrats could score victory at general election if Labour maintains it’s position of an ‘alternative Brexit’, according to a new poll.
Commons bid to force ministers to negotiate continued access for UK students is defeated by Tories.
The Lib Dems have urged Boris Johnson’s government to close a loophole which peers fear would let illegal cash from Russia and other parts of the world into the UK.
Stopping Brexit will deliver a £50bn "Remain bonus" for public services over the next five years, Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson will say later.
‘The voters of this country deserve to hear from a Remainer on the debate stage’
Plaid Cymru, Liberal Democrats and the Greens have agreed a pro-EU electoral pact in 11 of the 40 seats in Wales, BBC Wales has been told.
He joined Vince Cable in London, saying the party offers an "alternative to nationalism".
Verhofstadt is the leader of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party (ALDE), the Europe-wide body of Lib Dem parties, and said he was there not as Brexit negotiator but "as the leader of the liberals and democrats for Europe".
The European parliament’s outspoken Brexit chief is coming to Britain next week to knock on doors in the European elections on behalf of the Liberal Democrats.
Heidi Allen: Ex-Conservative MP joins Lib Dems and suggests at least 20 more ‘one-nation' Tories would like to follow suit
07/10/2019
South Cambridgeshire MP is the latest in a string of high-profile defections to Jo Swinson's party.
Actor says voters should ‘do everything we can’ to stop a Conservative government.
For the first time in living memory, the Mendip ward has elected a councillor who is not a Tory
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson lost his working majority in parliament on Tuesday when one of his Conservative lawmakers defected to the pro-European Union Liberal Democrats.
Labour and Lib Dem rivals urged to step aside in 90 key seats to prevent split in pro-referendum vote
14/11/2019
'We appreciate this would involve a huge personal sacrifice,' campaigners say.
Sir Ed Davey said conversations are ongoing with a number of MPs to defect to his party
Labour announce bid to block new Tory PM from suspending parliament to force through no-deal
11/06/2019
'MPs cannot be bystanders while the next Tory PM tries to crash the UK out of the EU,' says Starmer. / Labour will mount a bid to seize control of the Commons agenda to prevent the next Tory prime minister forcing through a no-deal Brexit.
Polls makes Vince Cable’s party the favourite for remainers and puts it in first place in London. / Senior Labour figures were engaged in a desperate battle to shore up the party’s support on Saturday night, amid warnings that its stance on Brexit was helping to “detoxify the Lib Dems”.
Labour peer quits party over Brexit and pledges support for Lib Dems at European elections
22/05/2019
Former MEP Michael Cashman says he 'can't trust' Jeremy Corbyn and urges people to back second referendum parties. / A Labour peer has resigned from the party after announcing that he will vote for the Liberal Democrats in this week's European Parliament elections.
Opposition day debate picked for motion backed by SNP, Lib Dems, Greens and a Tory MP.
Labour would be trounced by Liberal Democrats in general election unless it fully backs fresh Brexit referendum, poll finds
29/06/2019
Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party would be trounced by the Liberal Democrats in a general election unless it changes its Brexit stance, according to a new poll.
Sir Ed Davey has vowed to mount a cross-party bid to block a no-deal Brexit amid fears a new Tory leader could pursue a disorderly exit from the EU.