Lib Dems split by housing targets newstatesman.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from newstatesman.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The leadership wanted to bin the aim to build 380,000 homes a year across England in favour of a more local approach, but they were foiled by a group of young activists.
The Lib Dem conference is still in full swing in Bournemouth and the party’s long-suffering activists seem to have something of a spring in their step. After a triumphant local elections and a quartet of by-election victories, the party looks set to double their parliamentary contingent, come next year’s contest. Lib Dem aspirations in the
Warfare among NSW Liberal conservatives has ended an agreement to promote election winning outcomes. What happens next will determine the party’s future.