"Our policies are the most progressive of the three main parties."

The Resolution Foundation, an independent think-tank, has released a report on child poverty. You can find this here.

It found that our policies would mean 600,000 fewer children in poverty by 2023-24.

This makes ours the most progressive policies of the three main parties.

County Council votes to oppose further expansion of Luton Airport

Hertfordshire County Council has voted to oppose further expansion of London Luton Airport. At a full council meeting on 26 November, the council voted unanimously to object to the proposed expansion plans on the grounds that expansion of London Luton Airport to 32 mppa would result in unacceptable harm to the environment.

The UK produces 2.26 million tonnes of plastic packaging every year.

Less than half of this is being recycled.

The Conservatives claimed they will cut plastic pollution. They announced a deposit return scheme in 2018, but it is currently due to be implemented by 2023.

In reality, all the Tories have done is try to get headlines with piecemeal bans on straws and stirrers.

"Only someone as deceitful as Boris Johnson could dress up exploiting nurses as a gift to the NHS."

Not only is Boris Johnson's pledge for 50,000 nurses not true.

The Conservatives are trying to profit from taxing hardworking nurses.

The Conservative's manifesto commitment includes 12,000 nurses from abroad. The visa fee will be £464 for EU and international nurses. The cost to the Home Office of processing one of those visa applications, however?

Together, we can build a brighter future, based on hope, not fear.

We can work with our closest neighbours in Europe to save our planet for future generations.

Every vote for the Liberal Democrats is a vote to stop Brexit and build a brighter future.

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We're now just past half-way in this important General Election campaign. And with the help of our incredible supporters, donors, and volunteers, we're doing some pretty amazing stuff!

What have we done so far?

So far we've:

• Printed over 33 million leaflets and letters to voters. Thirty. Three. Million. 📃📃
• And delivered 23 million of those 📫📫
• Reached 5.3 million voters 8 times each via social media 📱📱
• Released plenty of praise for our fantastic plan for the future (see some of it here) 💌💌

"We will put the UK at the heart of global efforts to protect our marine environment."

Our marine environment is in crisis. Programmes like the BBC's Blue Planet 2 have revealed the scale of the threat.

The world's beloved marine species like whales and turtles face numerous threats. Plastic pollution, over-fishing, high volumes of shipping traffic, and rising temperatures are but a few.

Our Volunteer Hub has just opened in central London, and we've had a great first week. Hundreds of volunteers have come through our doors in the past few days, but there's always room for more. Here are our top 10 reasons to make the Volunteer Hub your after-work or weekend destination:

1. Lots of exciting work to be done

"The UK under Johnson will become President Trump's poodle."

Johnson is desperate to secure a US trade deal to make up for the damage done to our global standing if Brexit happens.

Close alignment with US rules and regulations will be demanded. We risk becoming a vassal state of the US if Boris Johnson gets a majority.

One in three women will experience physical or sexual violence in their lifetime. More women are killed or incapacitated by violence against them than by cancer. Every week, two women in England in Wales are killed by a current or former partner.

Faced with these facts it seems almost impossible to imagine the mountain we need to climb to end violence against women. We need to take bold action now to tackle this crisis. This International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, I'm proud to set out the Liberal Democrat plan to protect women from violence.