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'More like Woke-ingham!': Furious drivers say they are living under a 'Lib Dem dictatorship' after ...

The Daily Mail 24 Jan 2026
Residents whose council 'forced through' an overwhelmingly opposed plan for a 20mph speed limit and a massive new cycle highway say they are living in a 'dictatorship' ....
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Labour-Lib Dem coalition split after election axed in Welwyn Hatfield

The Daily Telegraph 24 Jan 2026
Welwyn Hatfield’s Labour-led coalition with the Lib Dems is made up of 17 Labour councillors, 16 Lib Dems, 12 Conservatives, two Green Party representatives and an independent member ... Jane Quinton, the Lib Dem leader, told The Telegraph.
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Women’s group wades into Dundee council meeting times row as Lib Dems reject ‘misogyny’ claim

The Courier 23 Jan 2026
The majority of the local authority's committee meetings are held at 5pm on a Monday but the SNP group sought to change this ... .
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Tories to fight Starmer in Lords over cancelled elections

The Daily Telegraph 23 Jan 2026
She said ... Stefan Rousseau ... Sir Ed Davey, the Lib Dem leader, wrote to Mrs Badenoch last week, urging her Tory peers to back Lord Pack’s amendment. He wrote ... Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey has urged Tory peers to back Lord Pack’s amendment Credit ... Copy link ... .
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Wiltshire councillor blames Lib Dems for his switch to Tories

BBC News 20 Jan 2026
A Wiltshire councillor said he had joined the Conservatives because he did not want voters to assume he was "actively supporting the atrocious LibDem cabinet" ... .
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Lib Dem-led council ‘ignores residents’ over 20mph zones

The Daily Telegraph 20 Jan 2026
A Liberal Democrat-led council has been accused of ignoring its residents after implementing a 20mph speed limit despite “strong opposition” ... Yet, the council headlines a newsletter sent out to residents. “You said, we did.”. The newsletter said ... X Icon.
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Lib Dem council orders landlord to paint over St George's Cross on the front of ...

The Daily Mail 19 Jan 2026
Jerry Kunkler, the landlord of Moonrakers Inn in Pewsey, Wiltshire, since 1981, painted the England flag on his pub in 2016 ahead of the Club World Cup ....
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‘It feels like gruel’: Lib Dem MPs growing frustrated by Ed Davey approach

The Guardian 18 Jan 2026
Exclusive ... Some estimate that as many as half of the Lib Dems’ 72-strong group of MPs feel this way ... ....
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PETER HITCHENS: Boris should be a Lib Dem, Ed Miliband should be in the Tories ...

The Daily Mail 17 Jan 2026
Kemi Badenoch should defect to Nigel Farage's Reform. It would be a neat revenge. On what grounds can they refuse her, given the way she has become more Faragist since taking over the job? ....
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Use film-style age ratings to limit teens' social media, say Lib Dems

BBC News 16 Jan 2026
The Conservatives want to see ban of all under-16s from social media, but the Lib Dems say that would be a "blunt instrument" ... .
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Lib Dems scrap Cheltenham elections after attacking Tories for same thing

The Daily Telegraph 16 Jan 2026
Mrs Hay’s husband Councillor Colin Hay, a Lib Dem member of Gloucestershire, also criticised the Tories when they attempted to delay the 2025 elections ... The Lib Dem leaflet ... A Lib Dem spokesman said.
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Tories and Lib Dems criticise Starmer’s ‘spinelessness’ after U-turn on digital ID – UK politics live

The Guardian 14 Jan 2026
Ministers have rolled back central element of digital ID plans, possibly allowing people to use other forms of identification to prove their right to work. Good morning. Keir Starmer has performed another U-turn – on compulsory digital ID ... It worked.
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Google urges 13-year-olds to ditch parental controls on their birthday

The Daily Telegraph 14 Jan 2026
Google has been accused of “grooming” children for profit by emailing under-13s telling them how to turn off parental controls on their next birthday ... “Google is asserting authority over a boundary that does not belong to them ... Call it what it is ... .
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