Lack of rural banking services holding back business, says Helen
Helen Morgan MP has added her voice to growing calls for improved banking services in rural communities, highlighting the urgent need for a banking hub in Ellesmere.
1 Sep 2026
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Honiton, Sidmouth and Tiverton
Devon MP condemns rural banking "heist", as Honiton counts down to losing its last bank
Rural towns across Devon are being robbed of face-to-face banking, a Devon MP has told Parliament.
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2 Sep 2026
Reading
Burnham’s devolution deal risks ‘leaving Reading behind’, warn Reading Lib Dems
Reading Liberal Democrats have warned the Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, that his devolution vision risks creating a left-behind Britain, pitting community against community as winners and losers, with Reading without a metro-mayor set to lose out.
2 Sep 2026
General News and Press Releases
McArthur urges Ministers to address delay in Single Farm Payment
Orkney's MSP, Liam McArthur has today written to Agriculture Minister Jim Fairlie, following reports of delays in local farm businesses receiving their Single Farm Payment.
2 Sep 2026
Affordable homes
Lib Dems are delivering affordable homes while other parties only talk about them
Rents are crazy. House prices are crazy. And across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, the Liberal Democrats are leading the way in fixing the problem.
2 Sep 2026
Tim Farron challenges new PM over bluetongue virus outbreak in Cumbria
On the floor of the House of Commons last night, Westmorland and Lonsdale MP Tim Farron urged the Prime Minister to make tackling the outbreak of bluetongue disease an “urgent priority” for his government.
2 Sep 2026