Three quarters of Brits are worried about maternity care standards. Every mother deserves safe care. That's why the Liberal Democrats are calling for urgent action to improve maternity services. Swipe to read our plan.

For the avoidance of doubt, I won’t be signing this letter. It’s a ridiculous distraction. Ed is clearly the best person to lead us to the next General Election and beyond, and like the overwhelming majority of my MP colleagues, I’m absolutely furious.

We've set out a costed £1.5bn plan to end corridor care in 12 months. It would fund more step-down care and social care, so patients who are well enough to leave hospital can do so, and beds are freed up for those who need them.

When the Liberal Democrats put forward an amendment to end corridor care within a year, Labour voted it down. The Conservatives didn't even turn up to vote.

Labour promised to end corridor care by the end of this Parliament. These figures show things are going backwards on their watch.

That's a 14% rise since May, when records began. Since then, patients have been treated in hospital corridors more than 470,000 times. Behind every one of those numbers is someone's mum, dad, grandparent or child, waiting for care in a hallway.

Corridor care has hit a record high, and winter hasn't even started yet. In September, an average of more than 3,300 patients a day were treated in A&E corridors or on wards without a proper bed space. That's almost 100,000 times in a single month. 🧵

The Tories need to get their ducks in a row after 10 years of ducking the issue, imho

Kemi Badenoch: “Difficult problems need solving and difficult decisions must be taken.” Also Kemi Badenoch 👇

The motion passed at Green Party Conf' actively undermines a 2-state solution, and does not address the rising threats of Islamophobia and Antisemitism here in the UK. This is a divisive motion that pours fuel on the fire of tensions in the UK, and will leave many British Jews feeling less safe.

Ahead of Conference, @helenmorganlibdem.bsky.social spoke to new parents in Brighton about maternity care. For too long, too many families have been let down by the maternity crisis. That’s why we passed our motion to make England the safest place to have a baby.

Without the pre-briefing that we have been used to with previous alerts, this understandably left some people concerned for their safety, including those who are vulnerable. I was pleased the Minister committed to learning lessons from their experiences.

This time last month our phones were alerting us to the real and heightened risk of wildfires. The emergency alert came through loud and clear to most, but North Shropshire residents living close to the Wales border have told me they only received the message in Welsh.

Defra have clearly been unprepared for this outbreak, which could have been predicted. Today is the NFU - National Farmers' Union Back British Farming Day. With Bluetongue cases confirmed in Shropshire, farmers need practical support now.

The Government admits Bluetongue is now a serious situation, yet many in the industry have been raising concerns about preparedness, vaccination and disease control for months.

Livestock farmers in North Shropshire this summer have already endured soaring costs, drought pressures and falling returns. Now they're facing the devastating impact of Bluetongue, with movement restrictions disrupting businesses.

The Govt backing our calls for a strong Maternity Commissioner is a big step towards safer care, and a win for brave campaigners like Louise Thompson But with 65% of maternity units unsafe, we must go further. @helenmorganlibdem.bsky.social

Rural deprivation is real. It's time for a fair deal for North Shropshire and rural counties like ours.