Farage isn't fighting for Britain. He's fighting for the highest bidder.

We need to introduce Algorithmic Impact Assessments for recruitment and hiring algorithms, so that employers and platforms are required to test for bias

Disabled and elderly airport passengers should never be separated from their carer during assistance. @salbrinton.bsky.social is fighting for an amendment to guarantee it in the Civil Aviation Bill.

Farage calls himself anti-establishment. William Wallace has a sharper definition of what that actually means, and who tends to use it. Read his letter to the editor in the Guardian 👇️ www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Young carers are giving up their education to care for loved ones. Shaffaq Mohammed, education spokesperson, called on the government to provide free bus passes for young carers, a practical step to help them back into education, training, or work.

Delayed train? Getting your money back means forms, reference numbers, uploads and a deadline, miss it and the railway keeps your cash. Rhiannon Leaman told the Lords the delay repay system is failing. Compensation should be automatic, not something to chase.

UK businesses could be bidding for contracts on illegal Israeli settlement construction. @meralhece.bsky.social, Equalities spokesperson, called on the government to commit to sanctions for firms involved

🎉Congratulations to Julie Smith, Lib Dem peer, elected a Vice-President of the ALDE Party at its Congress in Vienna this weekend. A brilliant result for the party's presence on the European stage, as ALDE marks 50 years as the home of European liberalism.

Burial space has been declining sharply since the pandemic, pushing families to bury loved ones further from home. Shaffaq Mohammed, Education spokesperson, has introduced a bill requiring councils to plan ahead and track capacity before it runs out.

Children and young people are waiting too long for mental health support. Claire Tyler, mental health spokesperson, challenged the minister to make children's services a strategy priority and close the treatment gap so more young people are seen this parliament.

A scheme that rewards the quickest accountants, not the neediest farmers. Olly Grender, environment, food and rural affairs spokesperson, challenged the government's first come, first served farming scheme, warning it favours big operations over family farms. @ollygrender.bsky.social

Forty years ago today, Dominic Addington joined the House of Lords, going on to speak more than a thousand times and becoming one of its most consistent attendees. Much of that work devoted to improving support for SEND. Congratulations, Dominic!

Baroness Amos' report confirms what families have been saying for years: maternity care is still failing too many women and babies. Lib Dems have a plan to fix it with 24/7 obstetrician cover, one-to-one midwifery care and better staff training.

Susan Kramer, Lords Treasury spokesperson, raised this in the Lords yesterday too. Her amendment would force regulators to simplify access to child trust funds under £5,000, so families don't face £1,000 in fees to reach savings worth as little as £2,000.

The HALO Trust clears landmines so children don't lose limbs or their lives. A new law going through the Lords today could stop them doing it. Lindsay Northover, Lib Dem peer, is fighting to get them protected. @thehalotrust.bsky.social

More than 50 staff warned Nottingham's hospital board of serious safety concerns in 2018 but they never discussed the letter. It was buried in a subcommittee instead, while patients paid the price. Caroline Pidgeon, health spokesperson, calls it indefensible. @carolinepidgeon.bsky.social

The government promised to double supported internships for autistic people and open them up beyond those with an EHCP. Rhiannon Leaman asked when ministers will actually deliver it, in every part of the country.

Who pays when waste is dumped illegally? Right now, taxpayers do. Shas Sheehan, Chair of the Lords Environment and Climate Change Committee, wants to change that with a bill making producers cover the cleanup costs.

One fighter jet from the Kremlin's arsenal costs about the same as an entire UK general election campaign. Mark Pack, Cabinet Office spokesperson, warned a hostile state could outspend British democracy for the price of a single plane. @markpackuk.bsky.social

Public trust in politics has fallen further in the UK than in almost any other democracy. William Wallace told peers, in a Liberal Democrat debate on threats to democracy, that just 14% of people now trust politicians, lower than bankers and estate agents.

Beds, not band-aids. In a Liberal Democrat debate on the health service, Caroline Pidgeon set out a £1.5 billion plan for 6,000 more hospital beds a day and a legal right to be seen in A&E within 12 hours. @carolinepidgeon.bsky.social

Nearly 1,300 people a month are dying in A&E departments while waiting for care that could have saved them, almost 10 times the toll in 2015. Opening a Liberal Democrat debate, Barbara Janke said this is the human cost of a health system that's stopped coping.

No statement. No COBRA meeting. Barely a headline. After a shocking attack on Muslims in Edinburgh, @meralhece.bsky.social told the Lords that British Muslims are increasingly fearful for their safety, and the government has offered platitudes instead of leadership. 🧵

The State Threats Bill is gentler on the IRGC than the law is on the terrorists it funds. This says Dee Doocey, policing spokesperson who warns the bill is being rushed through Parliament after 14 months of government delay.

Frankly it is beyond depressing that we have lost the cross party consensus on fighting climate change and that just as the impacts of climate change are breaking down our normal ways of life that the Conservatives are more than happy to tear down all the architecture in place that we have to fight.

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Tech companies made an estimated £3.8 billion from scam ads in the UK in 2025 alone. Susan Kramer, Treasury spokesperson, says that's exactly why platforms have no incentive to stop fraud, and has tabled an amendment to make them pay towards reimbursing victims.

A Border Force officer convicted of spying for China was also a Special Constable and ran a private security company. An immigration officer charged alongside him had one too. Chris Fox, Business and Industry spokesperson, says the minister must explain how this was missed.

Shared ownership was sold as a lifeline for first time buyers. Instead, soaring service charges and toxic lease clauses are trapping families in homes they can't sell or mortgage. Dorothy Thornhill, Lib Dem housing spokesperson, demanded urgent action to fix the scheme.

Shaffaq Mohammed started out on a youth training scheme in Sheffield on £27.50 for 40 hours. Now he's in the Lords, fighting for the million young people who haven't had that first chance yet.

The world has changed. So too must our approach. It's time for a bold new deal with the European Union - including joining the single market.

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1.8 million people waiting for mental health support. Caroline Pidgeon, health and social care spokesperson, says long waits have become normalised, and that has to change. @carolinepidgeon.bsky.social

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Today, we are calling for a bold new deal with Europe that will make Britain richer, safer, and stronger. A Customs Union. Taking Britain back into the Single Market. Tearing down barriers to trade. It’s time to end the chaos and put Britain back at the heart of Europe.

It’s time to move forward. It’s time to end the chaos. Today, Ed Davey will set out our plan for a bold new deal with Europe to make Britain richer, safer and stronger.

10 years on, the Brexit deal clearly isn't working. Joining the single market would turbocharge our economy, end the chaos and put us back at the heart of Europe. @calummillerld.bsky.social

Putin's war, Trump's return and the cost of living crisis. Five years on from the Prime Minister's Brexit red lines, the world has changed. Will the Government finally ditch these outdated red lines and put Britain back at the heart of Europe? @libdemdaisy.bsky.social

Sports people already get a visa exemption but dancers and choreographers don't. Jane Bonham-Carter, culture spokesperson, is demanding that changes, or Britain's world-renowned dance sector will pay the price.

"You have plans to protect children from online harms. How about protecting them in their own homes?" UCL research shows physical punishment damages children's education and future. Joan Walmsley challenged the government to give children the same legal protection from assault that adults enjoy.

The UK's sanctions on Russia had a hidden loophole exempting refined oil exports, one of Russia's most critical revenue streams. Jeremy Purvis, Lords leader, pushed back and secured a government concession. The loophole will be closed thanks to Lib Dem campaigning.

Flooding blights thousands of families every year and the risk is growing. Olly Grender, Lib Dem environment spokesperson, challenged the government today: why are drainage standards still not legally required for every new development? @ollygrender.bsky.social

Tommy Robinson incited violence from Moscow while Belfast grieved. Alison Suttie, Northern Ireland spokesperson, named him in the Lords and demanded the government help communities recover.

During Gypsy, Roma and Traveller History Month, the Leader of the Opposition is smearing entire ethnic communities as criminals. Lib Dem peer, Cathy Bakewell, is among the parliamentarians demanding she withdraw her comments and apologise. Read below 👇️

From the Strait of Hormuz to the streets of Britain, Jeremy Purvis, Lib Dem Lords leader, set out the full human cost of the Middle East crisis and demanded the government act. 🧵

Jonny Oates has introduced a bill in the House of Lords to restore the powers of the Youth Justice Board for England and Wales, returning independent oversight of how the country deals with young people who offend.

Millions of votes don't count under First Past the Post. @markpackuk.bsky.social, Cabinet Office spokesperson, was a keynote speaker at a new @makevotesmatter.bsky.social report launch this week assessing the alternatives and making the case for PR. makevotesmatter.org.uk/news/2026/6/...

Starmer threatened action on children's online safety yesterday, but it's too little too late. Tim Clement-Jones, Lib Dem Science and Technology spokesperson, wants it in law.

Far too many leaseholders are still living in unsafe buildings they can't afford to fix. Kath Pinnock has introduced a bill in the House of Lords to make freeholders legally responsible for fixing unsafe buildings with mandatory deadlines and the right to take action if they don't comply.

Attacking civilian infrastructure is a war crime. Jeremy Purvis, Lib Dem leader in the Lords, challenged the government to sanction not just those carrying out the attacks in the Middle East, Sudan and Ukraine but every country supplying the weapons used to do it.