Daisy Cooper MP 🔶

Me, @willierennie.bsky.social and @libdemdaisy.bsky.social really enjoyed our visit to St Andrews Aquarium with Fin and Rachel, hearing all about their fantastic work with RESP volunteers.

Great to learn more about their community projects like beach safaris and plans for ongoing expansion.

Great to have @libdemdaisy.bsky.social join me, Bill, Jane Ann and @willierennie.bsky.social for canvassing in St Andrews on Saturday.

"We don't just want to get rid of this anti growth Chancellor, we want to get rid of this anti growth Treasury."

@LibDemDaisy.bsky.social unveils plans to get Britain growing again!

A new Department for Growth with a mandate to boost long-term prosperity, improve living standards and end the cost of living crisis.

This is the beginning of our plan to Get Britain Growing Again.

🚨MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT from Deputy Leader @LibDemDaisy.bsky.social

Dropping tomorrow at 9am.

Watch this space.

The PM argued he could change outcomes for Jimmy Lai and Hong Kongers by speaking softly with President Xi. He failed spectacularly. He must summon the Chinese Ambassador today - and demand Jimmy Lai's immediate release and the quashing of this sentence.

www.independent.co.uk/asia/china/j...

The PM must hold a vote of confidence of his own MPs, and if they have lost confidence, Starmer should step aside. The British public deserve better.

Kemi Badenoch says she doesn’t want centrists in her party.

Instead of focusing on what people actually want, like an NHS that works, she’s choosing to imitate Farage.

If you’re sick of the name calling and just want things fixed, join the Liberal Democrats.

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@LaylaMoran.bsky.social

Trump is acting like an international gangster.

The Prime Minister has tried appeasing him for 12 months and has failed. It's time we finally stood up to him and united with our European allies to make him back down.

It’s time we started taking Trump’s threats seriously.

God forbid if Greenland is attacked, the UK should immediately sanction the Trump Organization and think twice about whether we want US forces on our soil at all.

🍻This is literally the last chance saloon for our treasured pubs and high streets so the government must u-turn today. These businesses are worried sick, making decisions now, and can't wait a minute longer.

The world changed this weekend, and it will change again - very quickly. Listen to my challenge to the Foreign Secretary on Trump’s actions in Venuezela.

It's now clear that this was never about the interests of the Venezuelan people or the wider world. This is Trump serving his own interests and ego, making the world far more dangerous in the process. Starmer must convene the UN Security Council to hold Trump to account.

Keir Starmer should condemn Trump’s illegal action in Venezuela.

Maduro is a brutal and illegitimate dictator, but unlawful attacks like this make us all less safe.

Trump is giving a green light to the likes of Putin and Xi to attack other countries with impunity.

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Here are some of the things I’ve been up to this week:

After Friday’s higher business rates bills bombshell, I’m calling on the Chancellor to throw our high streets a lifeline by:

✂️using new powers to lower high street (RLH) business rates by the full 20p

🔶 slashing VAT for hospitality as we @libdems.org.uk have called for

⚠️ WOW. High streets are being hit with a business rates bombshell.

The Chancellor has serious questions to answer:

❓How many businesses will pay rates for the first time?

❓How many will see bills go up?

❓Why isn’t she using the powers she gave herself to help high streets?

This was a hopeless budget.

The botched Budget made the wrong tax choices, and was a missed opportunity to tackle the £90 billion Brexit black hole.

🚨BREAKING🚨New figures reveal the true cost of Brexit.

It's time for Labour to stop being so timid and fix the damage done by the Conservatives' botched Brexit deal.

That is the best way to boost growth, put money in people's pockets and properly fund our public services.

⚠️🍺 Will there be more smoke and mirrors on business rates changes in the Budget this week?

Even if the Government lowers the business rate multipliers, any benefit could be wiped out by higher valuations, due to be published on Budget Day.

I’ve asked the Government to publish the data ASAP

Rachel Reeves holding a red box resembling the Chancellor's Budget box. Various items like a pint of beer, keys, a menu, a coffee cup, and tickets are sticking out of the box. Text on the box reads: "CUT VAT PROTECT OUR HIGH STREETS."

High streets are struggling, with pubs, restaurants and cafés shutting their doors.

Cutting VAT on hospitality and energy would put money back in people’s pockets, support local jobs, and give the country a much-needed boost.

We Liberal Democrats are fighting to save the high street and cut your cost of living.

Our plan would cut your energy bills, slash VAT for hospitality, and put £270 back in your pocket.

All paid for by a windfall tax on the QE-related unexpected profits of the big banks.

The BBC belongs to Britain, but Trump wants to tear it down.

We can’t allow the Trumpification of our politics or our media.

We @libdems.org.uk would put £270 back in your pocket, by:

🍻 Cutting VAT for hospitality, attractions and accommodation

💡Slashing household energy bills

We’d fund this through a windfall tax on excess profits made by big banks, rather than higher taxes for struggling families and businesses.

A damning indictment of Labour’s decisions.

From the jobs tax to business rates bills, the economy is barely spluttering along.

The Government must take up our plans to save our high streets, put money back in the pockets of families, and fix our broken relationship with Europe.

Congratulations @victoria-collins.bsky.social 👏

Congratulations @joshbabarinde.bsky.social 👏