Raising awareness of the financial crisis
We’re just back from the Liberal Democrat spring conference, where we had a busy and successful time, if a bit exhausting!
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Thinking about future generations
It was a great please to spend time with colleagues from Plaid Cymru at their spring conference in Caernarfon in late March.
Asking the right questions
Child sexual abuse has been particularly prominent in the public discourse recently, with multiple high-profile cases, reviews and inquiries shining a spotlight on the scale of abuse taking place across the country.
A curriculum for children with a vision impairment
When a child or young person has a vision impairment, it can be hard to access the specialist support they need to participate and thrive in education.
Local services matter
Despite councils’ best efforts to protect services, the financial challenges they face from rising cost and demand pressures are having a marked impact on service provision.
Give councils the respect they deserve
Only Prime Minister Rishi Sunak knows when he will call the general election that the country desperately needs.
Concerns about productivity plans
All of us will welcome the additional uplift in funding announced in the final local government finance settlement, while acknowledging that much more support is necessary.
Deeds not words make a difference
A key Liberal Democrat value is putting the environment first, so I am delighted to see that among English councils, out of the top 10 councils for recycling household waste, nine of them are led by Liberal Democrats.
Working together on finances
Our shared work on the financial settlement for local government yielded a stopgap of a further essential £600 million, helping our councils set balanced budgets over the next month.
Keeping children safe from violence
What works to keep children and young people safe from violence?