At the weekend we met with old friends and new from our European sister parties for ALDE Congress, albeit via a Zoom link, as the Congress was online for the first time. It was my privilege to lead a diverse Lib Dem delegation of around 40, which in addition to the official categories for diversity, included several UK nationals resident in the EU and a few EU citizens resident in the UK.

Following the Prime Minister's announcement that Step 4 of the Roadmap to the end of Lockdown will be postponed by four weeks until 19 July, Mayor Dave Hodgson has written to the Prime Minister asking for additional financial support for local businesses.

Mayor Dave has urged the Prime Minister to provide another round of Business Support Grants to help businesses and ensure that our economy can rebound once the restrictions are lifted.

Priti Patel says refugees should come to the UK through safe and legal routes, and is threatening to punish any who don't.

The Conservative Government is failing to provide any safe and legal routes for refugees to take.

But at the same time, the Conservative Government is failing to provide any safe and legal routes for refugees to take.