Liberal Democrats

British

plural noun

(in Britain) a political party with centrist policies; established in 1988 as the Social and Liberal Democrats when the Liberal Party merged with the Social Democratic Party; renamed Liberal Democrats in 1989

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The Scottish Liberal Democrats are also hoping to improve on their return from 2021, when they gained four seats.

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Ed Davey, leader of the Liberal Democrats, said the revelations in the BBC's investigation were "harrowing".

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Sir Ed Davey says the Liberal Democrats would fix communities, not "divide" them, as he launched the party's campaign for England's local elections.

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The Welsh Liberal Democrats said it would introduce a national teacher workforce strategy to address recruitment and retention, alongside increasing school funding per pupil above inflation so schools can properly support their staff.

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The party has also lost another 8% of its former voters to the Liberal Democrats.

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