-
Anna McCurley, moderate Scottish Tory MP who stood up for shipbuilders and was admired across party divides – obituary
‘Plucky and, quite simply, popular’, Anna McCurley had faced debilitating health problems from her teenage years
-
Lord Jones of Cheltenham, Lib Dem MP whose career was indelibly marked when he was wounded and his aide killed in a sword attack – obituary
Jones’s assistant Andrew Pennington won the George Medal posthumously after trying to protect the MP and fend off the attacker
-
'Top performing' water firms dumped sewage into rivers 177,000 times
Lib Dems says Ofwat is useless and a new regulator should have power to bring legal action that could imprison company bosses
-
One in five resort to ‘DIY dentistry’ as appointments crisis grows
Research by Liberal Democrats reveals widespread shortages of dentists, with patients having to take matters into their own hands
-
Almost one in four say they won’t turn heating on this winter
Pollsters ask more than 2,000 UK adults how they will respond to increasing energy prices over the winter
-
Why Tory heartlands face biggest hit from rising energy bills
Local authorities in which households will see steepest increases are all in South and South West, according to Lib Dem research
-
Ed Davey: I’m proud to have stopped fracking, despite energy crisis
Lib Dem leader says party will run on anti-fracking platform against Conservatives in by-elections and at next general election
Analysis and opinion
-
I've seen a few robotic performances in Parliament, but this will take some beating
The sight of Ai-Da giving vague answers to a Lords committee makes one think, how did we get here and could MPs' jobs be at risk?
-
Raise your right hand and solemnly swear...there are no infidels up to no good here
Royalist and republican alike, MPs dutifully lined up like the first day of school to swear an oath to King Charles III
-
Britain is broken – and nobody can be bothered to do anything about it
Politicians live in fear of vested interests that loathe any change to a status quo which has patently failed
More stories
-
Lib Dems to flood disgruntled Blue Wall voters with Tory tax rise ‘attack adverts’
Leaflets to expose Conservative MPs’ voting records in a bid to woo disaffected electors in traditional heartlands
-
Unveiled: Lib Dems’ secret ‘Tory takedown’ plot to smash the Blue Wall
Blueprint reveals the pitch Sir Ed Davey’s party will make to disgruntled voters in Tory heartlands – and Boris Johnson doesn’t feature
-
Sir Keir Starmer clashes with Labour over Brexit
Leader pledges no return to a customs union, the Single Market or freedom of movement – but faces opposition from Sadiq Khan
-
‘Anyone but Boris’ majority could doom the Tories to electoral oblivion
Nightmare scenario of tactical voting could put several Cabinet ministers’ majorities at risk, including the Prime Minister’s
-
Liberal Democrats draw up hit list of 30 seats they could snatch from the Conservatives
Party targets electoral gains in ‘dozens’ of marginals in the wake of political earthquake in Tiverton and Honiton
-
-
Wakefield and Tiverton results: Tories lose both seats with worst by-election defeat in history
Tory party chairman Oliver Dowden resigns as Boris Johnson suffers humiliating double loss
-
The Tories’ dismal by-election performance in eight key charts
Humiliating defeats highlight cracks in both the Tory heartland and the Red Wall