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Corporation tax: G7 actions long-overdue to tackle tax avoidance
Responding to the announcement that G7 finance ministers have endorsed a unified stance on corporation tax, Liberal Democrats Treasury Spokesperson Christine Jardine MP said: "This is a long-overdue step towards tackling tax avoidance by some of the most profitable companies in the world. "I...
Govt must urgently tackle NHS and social care staff burnout
Responding to the news that workforce burnout across the NHS and social care has reached an emergency level according to the Health and Social Care Commons Select Committee, Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Health, Wellbeing and Social Care, Munira Wilson MP commented: “As this report shows, th...
Nearly 1 in 3 Brits are carers
New research by Liberal Democrats/Savanta has shown that 30 per cent of British adults self-identify as someone who has unpaid caring responsibilities for a family member or friend due to illness - almost 1 in 3 UK adults. The research surveyed over 2,000 UK adults and prompted Liberal Democrat ...
Appoint inquiry Chair within days
Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey has written to the Prime Minister urging him to bring forward a public inquiry into the handling of the Covid-19 pandemic. Davey first called for a full inquiry into the Government's actions during the pandemic last year in April 2020.The Prime Minister, who has p...
Education Secretary must scrap proposed cuts to arts funding
Liberal Democrat Business spokesperson, Sarah Olney MP, has led a group of 51 MPs and Peers in calling for Gavin Williamson to issue new guidance to the Office for Students (OfS) and reconsider the proposed 50% cuts to the high-cost subject funding of arts subjects. In a letter sent to the OfS, ...
Davey: End sparring with Cummings and set up inquiry
Responding to Dominic Cummings' evidence to the Science and Technology Committee and Health and Social Care Committee yesterday, Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey said: "If Geoffrey Howe took a cricket bat to Thatcher’s Government, then Dominic Cummings has just taken a wrecking ball to Johnson’s....
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Yorkshire and the Humber Liberal Democrats exist to build and safeguard a fair, free and open society, in which we seek to balance the fundamental values of liberty, equality and community, and in which no one shall be enslaved by poverty, ignorance or conformity. We champion the freedom, dignity and well-being of individuals, we acknowledge and respect their right to freedom of conscience and their right to develop their talents to the full...
