“The Liberal Party exists to create a liberal society, in which every citizen shall possess liberty, property and security, and none shall be enslaved by poverty, ignorance or conformity. Its chief care is for the rights and opportunities of the individual, and in all spheres it sets freedom first.”
Liberal Party policy is agreed on by party members at the annual assembly. The statements included here contain the Liberal Party’s agreed policy on a wide range of issues, from individual freedom to taxation, health and the environment.
The General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR") came into force on the 25th May 2018.
The Liberal Party has responsibilities under these regulations as we have gathered personal details from members, supports and members of the public in the form of names, addresses, contact details and e-mail addresses.
As such we have specific responsibility to ensure the information is kept securely, is not used for a purpose you have not given consent for, and is available for you to review and if requested to do so deleted responsibly.
We take our responsibilities seriously and are committed to full compliance with the regulations. Here is our Privacy & Data Protection Policy and our Data Retention Policy
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Stephen Graham
Liberal Party NEC Member & Data Controller

The Liberal Party notes with horror a third day of the deaths of Palestinian civilians in the vicinity of aid distribution points in southern Gaza.
Local reports suggest between 23 and 31 people have been killed by and a minimum of 79 wounded in the first of these events as crowds moving towards an aid station were fired upon.
The party believes that the decision by the Israeli and US governments to distribute aid via the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, which is not recognised by the international community has recklessly endangered civilian lives.
The positioning of aid points also supports the Israeli policy of forcing the population of Gaza to vacate the northern part of the territory, with no concern for the availability of humanitarian aid or the provision of medical facilities in the overcrowded and devastate southern region of the strip.

The Liberal Party welcomes the debate on raising the tax threshold to £20k in this country.
Doing so would potentially take five million people out of the tax benefits trap, reduce benefits proportionately, and reduce the administrative burden of both tax and benefits.
The tax threshold of £20k will mean more pensioners on limited pensions can take more income home and encourage pensioners to contribute to the economy in part time and flexible work as well as making work worth doing.
We believe that a 5p cut in income tax would be funded by the reduction in the annual expenditure of £48.5 billion in welfare spending on working-age adults, as estimated by The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR).
The party believes further reductions in the basic rate of income tax can be funded by the review and reform of the taxation regime, including tax rebates, allowances and exemption which distort incentives to work.

Cllr Steve Radford as leader of the Liberal Party joined volunteers at the Old Hall Street Outreach to Homeless in Liverpool city centre. “It was profound that so many homeless and the volunteers had a history of mental health difficulties. We need to support the self help support groups and over the just few weeks I will be seeing many more groups”
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