Human Rights
Protecting Human Rights
We will continue to protect the rights of vulnerable people in the UK and around the world against these deplorable Conservative attacks.
LM
26 Sep 2023
Home Affairs News from the Liberal Democrats
Crime
Protecting our Neighbourhoods
Everyone deserves to feel safe in their own homes and walking down their own streets. For too many people in the UK, however, that is simply not the reality today.
AC
24 Sep 2023
Home Affairs
Combating human trafficking & modern slavery
Slavery, in all its forms, is an affront to the fundamental British principle of individual liberty. No human being should ever be enslaved.
AC
23 Sep 2023
Crime
Call for more police on streets
Gideon Amos – the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary candidate for Taunton and Wellington – has called for more 'bobbies on the beat' after a summer of vandalism across the two towns.
29 Aug 2023
Crime
Shock Figures on Unsolved Burglaries
A staggering 74% of burglaries went unsolved in Avon and Somerset in the 2022-23 financial year - an average of 13 a day - new analysis has revealed.
2 Aug 2023
Crime
Rebecca Pow MP refuses to back bill to stop puppy smuggling and pet theft
The MP for Taunton and Wellington, Rebecca Pow, has been slammed for refusing to back a bill to end puppy smuggling, pet theft and live animal exports in the UK.
23 Jun 2023
Crime
Suella urged to ban puppy farming
Lib Dem slams Fareham's MP for ditching manifesto pledge to protect pets.
9 Jun 2023
Crime
Bike theft faces being ‘decriminalised’ as 88.6% of thefts go unsolved across Avon and Somerset
New analysis commissioned by the Liberal Democrats has revealed that in 2022, 2,155 bike theft cases in Avon and Somerset were closed without a suspect being identified - a shocking 88.6% of total reported cases.
8 Jun 2023