Eid al-Adha presents us with an opportunity to reflect upon our duty and responsibility to one another, through acts of generosity and compassion. These values are at the core of Islam’s message and are principles which resonate and align with the Liberal Democrat principles of equality and unity.
Vince Cable said:
"Brexiteers promised a new dawn of improved trade deals across the world. But rather than jet-setting round the globe, Liam Fox might as well be left in a room with a photocopier.
Vince Cable said:
"Brexiteers promised a new dawn of improved trade deals across the world. But rather than jet-setting round the globe, Liam Fox might as well be left in a room with a photocopier.
Brexit spokesperson Tom Brake said:
“Liberal Democrats put in a Freedom of Information request for the letter Nissan sent to the government containing information on the offer by ministers of a sweetheart deal. Whole chunks had been blacked out, but I think we all know what the government's offer had contained: a blanked out blank cheque.
Commission President Juncker this morning described Britain’s Brexit position papers as "unsatisfactory," while the EU's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier has warned the UK's ambiguity is delaying talks over a transition period and future trade deal.
As Business Secretary I gave binding votes on executive pay policy to shareholders of publicly limited companies, requiring the approval of 50% of shareholders, and allowing a transparent single number for pay.
There was little enthusiasm from the Conservatives for this, but it has had a demonstrable effect on reducing executive pay.
The Liberal Democrats have laid down a challenge to Keir Starmer by telling him to back an amendment to the EU Withdrawl Bill if Labour is serious about now supporting membership of the single market.
Reports in today's Observer that Labour is making a "dramatic shift" on Brexit should be taken with a pinch of salt., the Liberal Democrats have said that Jeremy Corbyn remains a Brexiteer in disguise.
Tim and time again, Jeremy Corbyn has whipped his MPs to vote with the Conservatives against the Single Market and for a hard Brexit. Jeremy Corbyn is still a Brexiteer in disguise.
A new report shows that Brexit will create 80,000 jobs in Frankfurt. Coming on the same day he was forced to admit the UK will have to pay a divorce payment to the EU this is yet a "further humiliation" for Boris Johnson.
Boris Johnson has said Donald Trump's state visit is likely to go ahead in 2018 rather than this year, while admitting the US President got it "totally wrong" on Charlottesville.
Only 4,600 international students overstayed their visas last year, less than a twentieth of the previous estimates of 100,000, official figures released today have revealed.
Quarterly housebuilding statistics released today by the Department of Communities and Local Government show that just 40,310 were built in the last quarter
Quarterly migration data published today by the Office for National Statistics show another significant rise in EU citizens leaving the UK, up 33,000 to 122,000.
I hope students and their families have every reason to celebrate today.
New figures released today show the number of overseas students overstaying their visas has turned out to be vastly exaggerated.
Amber Rudd has responded by announcing a review into the impact of foreign students on the UK - but, frankly, that's the wrong response.
It's time for the government to drop overseas students from official immigration figures.
Amber Rudd should apologise to up to 100 EU nationals who were mistakenly sent official letters threatening them with deportation.
Theresa May's attempts to downplay the government's climbdown over the European Court of Justice is a desperate attempt to hold together the Conservative Party and ward off a eurosceptic rebellion.
Writing in the Yorkshire Post, Chris Grayling said: "the success of Northern transport depends on the North itself."
It comes after the government dropped pledges to electrify rail routes in Wales, the Midlands and the North, while supporting the £30 billion Crossrail 2 scheme for London.
An unpublished Home Office report showed that Britons could be more at risk of terrorism and crime after Brexit, The Times reports.
Writing in the Yorkshire Post, Chris Grayling said: "the success of Northern transport depends on the North itself."
It comes after the government dropped pledges to electrify rail routes in Wales, the Midlands and the North, while supporting the £30 billion Crossrail 2 scheme for London.
The government has released its latest Brexit position paper on the role of the EU Court of Justice (ECJ) after Brexit.
British officials have admitted it will become harder to recover children abducted and taken out of the country by a parent if no Brexit deal is struck with the EU.
The Liberal Democrats have warned that the government's promise to recruit 5,000 more GPs "lies in tatters," after figures showed the number of GPs remains below that in September 2015.
Donald Trump has committed to send more troops to Afghanistan, in a move that was rapidly welcomed by Defence Secretary Michael Fallon. The Government's rapid praise for Trump contrasted with its failure to condemn him in the past.
I'm backing George Osborne in the row with Theresa May over HS3. He's accused her advisers of trying to bury the Northern Powerhouse.
Each Brexit paper the government releases leaves us with more questions than answers. Even Brussels must have had enough of this waffle by now.
David Davis is sowing the seeds of more chaos with these short-sighted and short-termist plans.
Sir Paul Jenkins has called Theresa May's Brexit strategy 'foolish' for hoping to distance the UK from the European Court of Justice whilst maintaining the benefits of the single market.
David Davis promised us 'the row of the summer' over the Brexit timetable, only to capitulate weeks later to the EU's preferred timetable after a disastrous general election for his party which vastly undermined their negotiating position.
A renowned scientist such as Stephen Hawking questioning your evidence might normally be cause to think again, but sadly it looks as though Jeremy Hunt has joined the chorus of those who have had enough of experts.
The Government's sale of the Green Investment Bank (GIB), which was completed today, is environmentally irresponsible.
Ministers have privately admitted that the government may not start negotiating Britain's future trade relationship with the EU until the end of the year, it emerged today.
The number of patients suffering the indignity of staying in mixed-sex wards soared to 908 in July 2017, more than double the number in the same month last year.
The government's plan for the Northern Ireland border after Brexit has more holes in it than a colander.
It comes after the government admitted EU nationals will still be able to enter the UK from Ireland after Brexit under its plans.
Real wages fell by 0.5% in the three months to June 2017 compared with a year earlier, figures from the Office for National Statistics today have revealed.
Average weekly earnings increased by 2.1%, but with inflation standing at 2.6% real earnings still fell by 0.5%.
The events of the last few days have shocked and appalled the entire world.
Images of Nazis, marching in American streets, terrorist attacks on peaceful protestors. Every world leader should be able to condemn that.
Using an anonymous government source to announce an official position paper on the border between Ireland and Northern Ireland is shambolic.
Today, I've challenged David Davis to answer six questions over plans set out on future customs arrangements after Brexit.
The government is offering two ways forward but won't tell us which it prefers. That's no doubt because cabinet ministers can't even agree amongst themselves.
Brexit Secretary Davis has claimed that lack of clarity over the Government's Brexit plans was a deliberate attempt at "constructive ambiguity" as part of the negotiations.
Today's news that the Grenfell inquiry will not look into broader questions of social housing policy is a wasted opportunity.
Disappointingly, the inquiry will only look into the actions of Kensington and Chelsea Council in the run up to the tragedy.
This steep hike to rail fares will be a bitter blow for passengers struggling with overcrowded and unreliable trains.
Even if the government's plans for new customs arrangements with the EU were agreed to by the EU, these proposals will only delay the economic pain caused by leaving the customs union.
It has emerged that the joint position on Brexit agreed in an article by Philip Hammond and Liam Fox was not even cleared with Brexit Secretary David Davis.
Today's news that the Garden Bridge project has been officially scrapped is very welcome. The entire project was a "scandalous waste of public funds."
Our research has revealed that almost ten fires a day are being caused by faulty white goods such as washing machines, tumble dryers and fridges.
The Liberal Democrats have backed calls by the Chairman of the Parole Board, Nick Hardwick, for urgent action to address the backlog of people serving prison sentences with no fixed release date.
Over the summer, we heard that Philip Hammond was courageously fighting off the more extreme Brexiteers. Supposedly he was looking for a compromise to keep Britain within the customs union and single market as long as possible.
Over the summer, we heard that Philip Hammond was courageously fighting off the more extreme Brexiteers. Supposedly he was looking for a compromise to keep Britain within the customs union and single market as long as possible.
Today, Liam Fox’s Department for International Trade has released figures claiming to show that sunglasses, swimwear and ice-cream are all big exports - and that means Brexit is going to be a success.
I'm not personally one of those who thinks we should weaken encryption because I think there is a parallel issue, which is cybersecurity more broadly.
Jonathan Evans, former Head of MI5
That was the former Chief of MI5 Jonathan Evans, speaking to BBC Radio 4’s Today programme and stating that he would not support a clampdown on the use of encryption.
Reports have claimed that that two cabinet ministers have expressed an interest in forming a new anti-Brexit party.
This morning, the Times newspaper alleges that the Government is drawing up plans to scrap people's right to sue the government for breaking the law.
Currently, under EU law citizens have the right to sue member states for damages if their rights were infringed by the failure of a country to implement EU law.
The number of people waiting for routine surgery in England topped 4 million in June, the highest level for a decade, figures from NHS England have shown.
The UK's monthly trade deficit soared by £2bn in June, driven by a 3.5% slump in exports, figures from the Office of National Statistics have revealed.
Only around £197k of the government's £300m business rates relief fund has actually been allocated, despite businesses being hit with higher rates over four months ago.
A Crisis report is forecasting a rise in rough sleeping.
David Davis needs to take the advice of his former Chief of Staff, even his allies can see he is messing up and putting the UK on a path to ruin.
The Liberal Democrats thanked the party’s Chief Executive Tim Gordon today after he announced that he was stepping down after five years in the role.
Sam Woods, chief executive of the Prudential Regulation Authority, has warned of a 'cliff edge' for financial systems.
The Liberal Democrats have warned that government plans to limit the scope of the European Arrest Warrant are a threat to Britain's national security.
Today Supreme Court President Lord Neuberger has warned that UK judges need more clarity over the role of the ECJ after Brexit - and he is right.
Today's statement by Jeremy Corbyn on Venezuela is a disgrace.
Labour have yet again failed to condemn President Maduro as he slides his country closer to dictatorship.
New Treasury figures have revealed that the UK made a net payment of roughly £156m a week to the European Union in 2016/17, the lowest level for five years.
Treasury figures suggest the UK's net contribution to the EU budget for the 12 months to March 2017 was £8.1bn, or around £156m a week.
Today, the Government announced their draft Data Protection bill - which includes a raft of measures that will improve all our privacy online.
"We haven't put forward a lot because, as we know, there are differences within the cabinet about the sort of Brexit that we are heading for and until those differences are further resolved I think it's very difficult for us to have a clear position."
Sir Simon Fraser, the Permanent Secretary at the Foreign Office until 2015
Today's calls by Mervyn King, former governor of the Bank of England, for the government to come up with a "Brexit fallback" if negotiations with the EU27 end with no deal should be a wake-up call to this Conservative Brexit Government.
According to reports today several councils are now petitioning the Government for financial help to address fire safety issues following the Grenfell Tower tragedy.
A Russell Group report published today shows that this government is failing higher education.
The report identifies ten areas where ministers should give clarity to EU nationals seeking settled status.
Figures on mental health delayed discharges released today are a "humanitarian disgrace".
The shocking new figures revealed that people have had to wait over a thousand days to be let out of a mental health unit after being declared ready to leave.
Shocking new figures revealed that people have had to wait over a thousand days to be let out of a mental health unit.
Norman Lamb MP
Michael Gove has said that British waters would continue to be fished by EU trawlers post-Brexit.
Gove made his experiences of the fishing industry growing up in Aberdeen a major reason for his support for Brexit.
As a health minister, I was proud to make sure mental health was at the top of the political agenda, but today's judgement by Sir James Munby highlights how much work there is still to do on the lack of mental health provision in critical cases.
Thousands of people will breathe a sigh of relief that a start date for this important trial has finally been announced.
If the Government doesn't guarantee farm subsidies beyond 2022, then the family farm could disappear entirely - that's the damning verdict of the National Trust.
Over the last few days, our newspapers have been full of stories about travel chaos due to increased security at Schengen area airports.
And Ministers were warned.
Two Liberal Democrat MPs have raised concerns after hearing the news that 52 inpatient beds will be moved from the Trauma Unit of the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford due to fire safety fears.
The Eurozone has grown twice as fast as the UK, which in no time has gone from the top of the growth league to the bottom.
The government's shambolic handling of Brexit, which is denting business confidence by the day, is certainly not helping.
