Sleaford Mods, the 1975, Fred Again: the songs that sum up each year of Tory government
Dave’s lament for the Grenfell atrocity, Dua Lipa’s bedroom disco for a locked-down nation, Kneecap’s Badenoch-riling rap, Elbow’s hymn for asylum seekers … here are the tracks that defined 14 years of Conservative rule
June 2024
Lib Dems have regained trust of voters after coalition years, says Ed Davey
Leader tells BBC he was ‘not proud’ of every decision he took in government from 2010 to 2015 and had made sure his party listened to voters again
May 2024
The Tories deserve to be abandoned by voters
Letters: Dr Sebastian Kraemer,John Boaler and Sue Pryce-Jones respond to Justine Greening’s article on why the public has turned away from the party
Lord Stunell obituary
Liberal Democrat minister and chief whip who took part in the coalition talks with the Conservatives after the 2010 election
In defence of the Lib Dems’ record
Letters: Jane Dent calls out Labour’s hypocrisy about the party. Plus a letter from Tom Parkin
April 2024
My time in Downing Street: humbling, good for the soul, but painful
Polly Mackenzie
Should Labour make it across the line, the reality of having to govern could be overwhelming, the Lib Dem coalition years adviser recalls
February 2024
Frailty in older people rose sharply during austerity years, study reveals
Cuts to health spending brought in by Cameron government associated with steeper declines in wellbeing than in previous decade
September 2023
Cameron and Clegg considered audacious electoral pact in 2015
Senior Tory and Lib Dem MPs were behind the plan, new book reveals
August 2023
Profits soar at UK firm set up to help government chase unpaid debts
Success of Integrated Debt Services, a brainchild of Con-Lib coalition, comes amid scrutiny of sector
July 2023
Yes, the Tories kept Uxbridge. But the general election will be a referendum on Sunak, not Ulez
With a local dispute swaying voters, the result in Boris Johnson’s old seat did not accurately reflect the national mood
May 2023
Lib Dems will not be sucked into formal Labour pact, says Vince Cable
The former leader of the Liberal Democrats does not believe party members have any appetite to repeat the experience of the Tory coalition
March 2023
Broke and disabled in Tory Britain: the reality of life on one meal a day
Welfare reforms have left many disabled people effectively destitute. For them, this isn’t a cost-of-living crisis – it’s a cost-of-staying-alive crisis
June 2022
NHS privatisation drive linked to rise in avoidable deaths, study suggests
The decade that broke Britain: the disastrous decisions that left millions in a cost of living crisis
April 2022
Thousands of domestic abuse survivors denied help after legal aid cuts, study finds
Exclusive: Research calculates proportion of domestic abuse cases funded by legal aid has fallen from 75% to 47% in 10 years
July 2021
MPs call for ‘long overdue’ reform of council tax property values in England
Tax is becoming increasingly regressive to the detriment of more deprived areas, committee says
May 2021
England’s £11bn school repair bill goes back to Michael Gove cuts
Analysis: bill is a result of austerity cuts and decisions made by the coalition education secretary
November 2020
The Society interview
Norman Lamb: Covid is widening inequality for young people
The former Lib Dem MP and care minister on the need for a resilience taskforce to reduce the psychological fallout of the pandemic
August 2020
I was an EHRC commissioner. It needs to start taking racism seriously
Simon Woolley
The ineffectiveness of Britain’s equality watchdog, which does not have a single black commissioner, has been shown up by the Black Lives Matter movement, says Operation Black Vote director Simon Woolley
July 2020
Lib Dem leadership hopeful Layla Moran hints at closer links with Labour
As voting in the leadership race opens, the MP says cooperation is the path to electoral success
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