The Liberal Democrats are holding their spring conference in Birmingham this weekend, starting to set the scene for the general election campaign. Today Vince Cable, our shadow Chancellor and the politician widely believed to have been most on-the-ball...

The former leader of the Conservative MEPs who stood against Tory-backed Michal Kaminski has announced his defection to the Liberal Democrats at the Party’s Spring Conference in Birmingham. Edward McMillan-Scott, the Conservative’s most senior...

My campaign for a fairer system on Criminal Records Bureau checks and Police DNA retention continues.   Frequent readers will remember that I have been highlighting for a while now the injustices in the current CRB system, where rumours, hearsay and...

One of the interesting things about the Bury North general election campaign is that two of the three major-party candidates are under 30 - the Labour Party candidate and me. This election is the first time people born post-Thatcher will be voting,...

Tonight I visited Bury Hospice at the invitation of the Chief Executive, to view their plans for a new facility, and to meet some staff and take a tour. It was a very informative and enjoyable hour and a half, for which I’m grateful. The visit...