The Liberal Democrats have demanded the Prime Minister explain his "brazen hypocrisy" given his Government's readiness to break international law with the Internal Market Bill, while expecting "everybody in this country to obey the law."
Responding to comments from the Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis that the proposed Northern Ireland customs rules legislation will "break international law", Liberal Democrat Northern Ireland Spokesperson Alistair Carmichael said:
Responding to news that Sir Jonathan Jones, head of the UK Government's legal department, has resigned following the Government's decision to introduce legislation which would undermine key aspects of the Withdrawal Agreement, Liberal Democrat Brexit Spokesperson Christine Jardine said:
Many residents in the Whitehall area of Darwen have been angered by the fact that many of their grey recycling bins have been left unemptied. The new system means that residents have to separate their recycled items; paper and card in a blue bin and the rest of the recycled mate4ial in the grey one. Last week many grey bins were not emptied because they were "contaminated". Even when a resident removed a contaminated item the refuse collectors refused to empty it. A Liberal Democrat spokesperson said, "While we see the need to improve recycling rates there needs to be some flexibility until the new system becomes more familiar to residents."
Ahead of the Government's motion on the Local Government Boundary Commission this week, Liberal Democrat Local Government spokesperson Tim Farron said:
Responding to a National Audit Office report on the Government handling of Brexit, Liberal Democrat Brexit spokesperson Christine...