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The Lib Dem Bill will give an estimated 2.4 million carers across the UK a statutory right to take five days of unpaid leave per year, helping carers to better balance work and care.
 
                
        
         
                
        
        The Lib Dem Bill will give an estimated 2.4 million carers across the UK a statutory right to take five days of unpaid leave per year, helping carers to better balance work and care.
 
                
        
        The Welsh Liberal Democrats have secured a significant amendment to the Welsh Agriculture Bill in the Senedd today
 
                
        
        The Scottish Government’s home insulation and energy efficiency scheme was paused to new applications at the end of March and is not set to reopen until October
 
                
        
        British people are struggling with eye-watering food prices and yet this Conservative Government is refusing to help. Liberal Democrats are putting forward a proper plan to make food cheaper.
 
                
        
        This is a devastating blow to our country’s environment.
 
                
        
        More than 500,000 GP appointments in Somerset in the past year lasted five minutes or less, new research by the Liberal Democrats has revealed.
 
                
        
        This could lead to countless missed or delayed diagnoses as people go without the care they need, creating a ticking time bomb for our NHS.
 
                
        
        Nearly 600 patients in Somerset waited more than 12 hours in A&E in February, shocking new figures have revealed.