Focusing on the issues people care about, Lib Dem peers in the House of Lords continue to punch above their weight

World-class mobile infrastructure will play a key role in achieving the government's ambitions for economic growth, innovation and inclusion

Parliamentarians, senior civil servants, and industry leaders gathered at an important event in Westminster in September to mark key anniversaries across the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) group. The reception, hosted by Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle, provided an opportunity both to celebrate the past and look ahead to an exciting future.

When the Home Secretary claims that asylum seekers are making “vexatious, last-minute claims”, I feel compelled to respond from my own experience.

It is only two years since the Liberal Democrats last gathered in Bournemouth for a party conference.

The whisky industry is getting fleeced by a deeply unfair alcohol duty system – the Chancellor must give Scotch parity with beer

The NHS is one of our greatest institutions but is also under enormous pressure – waiting times remain far too high, staff morale is low, and the system has been pushed to breaking point.

Seaside towns like Bournemouth can feel quiet in September – after the children’s sandcastles have washed away but before students return to its three buzzing universities

Lessons in political science. This week: blocs

A major change in food and drink advertising regulation is coming into force from 1 October. As part of the Government’s anti-obesity strategy, and to encourage product reformulation, advertising restrictions will apply across TV and the internet for adverts showing identifiable food and drink products that are defined as ‘less healthy’.

As the focus on weight loss medicines increases, Lisa Salmon, Managing Director of the UK’s largest weight management organisation, Slimming World, urges the government to combine medical progress with evidence-based, in-person support to create lasting change.

Access to green and blue spaces – our parks, community gardens, rivers, ponds, and wetlands – is not a luxury. It is as essential to our health and wellbeing as clean water and fresh air. Yet time and again, the chance to design these spaces into our towns and cities is being squandered

This is landmark legislation not just for victims, but for our politics.

Elizabeth Buchanan has produced a well-written and timely study of this hotly contested, gigantic frozen island

Angela Rayner’s resignation shows just how flimsy our integrity system really is. It should be the catalyst for Labour to finally deliver the robust, statutory ethics and integrity reforms they promised.

The departure of the last of the hereditary peers will be a sadness to some, but Eleanor Doughty looks back on a long history of aristocratic indifference to the Upper Chamber

The Liberal Democrats have always been clear: protecting children online is a moral imperative.

Data is at the heart of all infrastructure research. It underpins every decision made by central government, local government, private sector and others involved in the nation’s infrastructure. And that infrastructure is the bedrock of our daily lives – from the moment we wake in the morning and turn on our taps, put the kettle on to boil, heat our homes, and on our commute to work or school onwards.

Why is the tiny clique at the top of Labour so brilliant at ruling the party but so terrible at running the country? This is the conundrum the growing crisis of government is revealing.

I strongly encourage British parliamentarians to look at what has happened in New Zealand since the introduction of assisted dying.

After a summer hosting residentials for budding young zoologists, marine scientists and geologists, school groups are now filling up our residential centres. But for all the muddy boots and excited chatter, we know that increasing numbers are missing out.

Highly readable yet also guarded, the former Scottish first minister's memoir could be a tad more frank

The Tobacco and Vapes Bill is a historic chance to protect future generations from deadly, costly addiction. Parliamentarians must act now to pass this worldleading legislation and secure a lasting legacy for the nation’s health.

Can the UK deliver its world-leading 50GW offshore wind ambition by 2030? The answer depends on resilient supply chains, a skilled workforce, and policies that bolster investor confidence. As key decisions loom, government and industry must work together to succeed.