Liverpool Lib Dems smash 3000 Doorstep Contacts target
Cllr Carl Cashman and the Liverpool Liberal Democrats celebrate hitting their target of 3000 doorstep contacts in August at the end of their ‘Summer of Canvassing’
1 Sep 2026
News
Lib Dems launch plan to back Liverpool business as Daisy Cooper MP hears hospitality's "cries for help"
Daisy Cooper MP met Liverpool hospitality leaders and helped launch Liverpool First, as industry voices warned that rising taxes and costs are putting independent venues under strain.
5 Aug 2026
VAT removal ‘won’t cut it’ for Liverpool residents as Opposition Leader urges Burnham to back Lib Dem plans to slash bills
The Liberal Democrats say Andy Burnham’s plan to remove VAT from domestic electricity bills in October does not go far enough to help struggling households.
22 Jul 2026
Ed Davey and Cllr Carl Cashman call on PM Burnham to end the “social care catastrophe” as 2,740 older residents in Liverpool denied care last year
Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey and Liverpool Lib Dems leader Cllr Carl Cashman warns Andy Burnham as he enters Number 10 that failure to act on social care reform will be “a catastrophe for families, for the NHS and for local services”.
20 Jul 2026
Lib Dem President visits Liverpool youth centre as Cashman pledges expansion of youth services across the city
Liverpool Liberal Democrat Leader Cllr Carl Cashman set out plans to expand youth provision across the city, with a particular focus on north Liverpool, where services are thinnest on the ground.
10 Jul 2026
Liverpool Labour in Chaos
Less than a week after a Senior Lib Dem Councillor called out the poor attendance of some Labour Councillors, two will no longer sit as Labour Councillors
24 Jun 2026
Lib Dems call out Liverpool Labour’s SOS fund.
The Liberal Democrat opposition in Liverpool is accusing the Labour-controlled council of excluding some of the most deprived communities in the city in a desperate effort to "Save Our Seats."
19 Jun 2026
Liberal Democrats slam 8 month lollipop warden recruitment freeze
Liberal Democrats have accused Liverpool City Council of putting children at risk by leaving school crossing patrol vacancies across the city empty to save money.
10 Jun 2026
Carl Cashman slams Metro Mayor’s 40-person conference delegation as ‘a waste of taxpayer cash’.
Liverpool Lib Dem Leader, Cllr Carl Cashman, has today fiercely criticised Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram for taking an oversized public sector delegation to the UKREiiF real estate conference in Leeds, branding it an " outrageous waste of taxpayers’ money."
19 May 2026
Lib Dem leader calls on Liverpool's Labour MPs to withdraw support for Starmer
Liverpool Liberal Democrat leader Cllr Carl Cashman is today (12 May) challenging Liverpool's Labour MPs, Dan Carden and Maria Eagle, to publicly withdraw their support for Prime Minister Keir Starmer and back a leadership contest.
12 May 2026
No doctors, no development: Liverpool Lib Dems calls for a GP Guarantee on all new developments in Liverpool as average surgery in the city serves 414 extra homes since 2015
The Liverpool Liberal Democrats are launching a campaign to guarantee GP investment on new developments. It comes as Lib Dem analysis shows that an eyewatering 1300 surgeries have closed in a decade (between 2015 and 2025) across the country.
21 Apr 2026
Cllr Kemp Calls Time on Classical Music "Quick Fix" in Whitechapel
Liverpool Lib Dem Councillor Richard Kemp has written to the Chief Constable and the Leader of Liverpool City Council, calling on them to immediately stop blasting classical music through the streets of Whitechapel as a way of moving on street gangs.
21 Apr 2026
UK Lib Dem news
Home Affairs
Restoring safety, order and fairness to our asylum system
We are calling for the UK to enter the EU's landmark new Migration and Asylum Pact to help implement an asylum system that is fair and effective for all.
MW
18 Aug 2026
International Affairs
A new Growth and Defence Partnership with Europe
Our new Growth and Defence Partnership with the EU - including joining the Single Market and a new Customs Union - will make the UK richer, safer and stronger.
17 Jun 2026
Cost of living
Our Essential Energy Guarantee
The Liberal Democrats have announced a new policy to make energy affordable again and help make fuel poverty a thing of the past.
8 Jun 2026