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Lib Dem MP ‘despairs’ over party’s plan to scrap Treasury and replace it with Birmingham-based ...

AOL 11 Feb 2026
In a speech on Wednesday morning, Lib Dem deputy leader Daisy Cooper attacked the Treasury as "anti-growth" and proposed a radical shake-up of the ...
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Treasury should be broken up and moved to Birmingham, say Lib Dems

London Evening Standard 11 Feb 2026
Under the plans, the new department would set taxes, oversee economic strategy, set fiscal rules and approve major infrastructure projects ... .
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Lib Dems plan to scrap Treasury for new ‘department for growth’

The Guardian 11 Feb 2026
Announcing the plan at a speech in London, Daisy Cooper, the Lib Dems’ deputy leader and Treasury spokesperson, said ...
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Lib Dem plans to axe the Treasury in London slammed as 'gimmick whose sums don't ...

London Evening Standard 11 Feb 2026
The proposal risks sparking worries for thousands of civil servants who work at the economic ministry in Whitehall ... .
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Lib Dems set out plan to replace Treasury with ‘Department for Growth’

Financial Times 11 Feb 2026
Opposition party says redesign would help close ‘yawning gap’ between London and rest of UK ....
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Lib Dems set out vision to axe ‘anti-growth’ Treasury

The Daily Telegraph 11 Feb 2026
The Liberal Democrats have outlined plans to abolish the Treasury and create a department for growth, to be based in Birmingham ... The Liberal Democrats would replace the Treasury with a department for growth, to be led by the chancellor ... He said ... X Icon.
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Lib Dems suspend Chris Rennard amid new inquiry into sexual harassment claims

The Observer 08 Feb 2026
The Lib Dem leader, Ed Davey, believes Rennard, 65, should not be a member of the House of Lords, the party added ... He previously said he was sorry if he had “inadvertently encroached” upon anyone’s “personal space” ... A Lib Dem spokesperson said ... Share ... .
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Lib Dem peer Lord Rennard is suspended from the party again over claims he sexually ...

The Daily Mail 07 Feb 2026
Lord Rennard, the party's former chief executive, had the whip suspended on Friday over historic allegations that he inappropriately touched several women in 2013 ....
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Lib Dems urge FCA to investigate Peter Mandelson over potential insider trading

The Guardian 07 Feb 2026
In a letter to Nikhil Rathi, the chief executive of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), Daisy Cooper, the MP for St Albans and the Lib Dems’ deputy ...
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Lib Dem peer suspended amid fresh sexual harassment allegations probe

AOL 07 Feb 2026
Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey believes Lord Rennard should not be a member of the House of Lords, the party added.
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