In my second week as an MP, I attended my first Kings Speech. This is the moment when the government lays out its key intentions for the year ahead.
Yesterday I submitted an Early Day Motion, that the House of Commons recognises the impact of flooding on regions in the River Severn Catchment Area, including Tewkesbury Town and villages within Tewkesbury Constituency.
Tuesday night saw Liverpool Labour MPs repeatedly vote to retain the two-child benefit cap, in what has been called a “disappointment” by the Liverpool Liberal Democrats.7
Speaking after today’s COSLA meeting at which representatives of Scotland’s councils agreed to seek a meeting with the Scottish government to ask for more money in an effort to avoid strikes by bin workers, Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats Group o
Responding to the publication of the Scottish Government’s Aviation Statement and Key Priorities, Scottish Liberal Democrat economy spokesperson Willie Rennie MSP commented:
Liberal Democrat Councillors have hit out against York’s two MPs for voting against an amendment to the King’s Speech that would remove the two-child benefits cap and lift 250,000 children out of poverty.
