Liberal Democrat and Labour MEPs have taken up committee jobs in ‘huge vote of confidence’.

The Liberal Democrats have launched their European election campaign with an "unambiguous" pledge to stop Brexit.

ix years after the EU referendum, the United Kingdom is being forced to confront an inconvenient truth: Brexit is a process, not an event. It is emphatically not done. Only now are the consequences of the “oven-ready deal” of which Boris Johnson boasted becoming clear.

CAMPAIGNERS have vowed to step up their fight to protect the NHS after a legal bid to prevent it being “on the table” in post-Brexit trade deals was voted down by Tory MPs.

The former Labour MP Angela Smith will today reveal that she is joining the Liberal Democrats because the country’s two main political parties are “in the grip of extremists”.

Heidi Allen to lead new 'Unite to Remain' organisation designed to help pro-EU parties work together to win seats.

Plaid Cymru's Adam Price says parties have to put the national interest first.

Jo Swinson says prime minister cannot be trusted to obey law that blocks a no-deal Brexit on October 31.

No 10 explores bringing forward a bill – allowing a poll with a simple majority in Commons – despite dismissing identical Lib Dem-SNP plan as ‘gimmick’

Opposition parties could stage a vote of confidence in the Government next week to prevent no-deal Brexit, a senior SNP MP has said.

Conservative manifesto plans mean continued Brexit uncertainty and risk no-deal crash-out at end of 2020, says thinktank.

North MP Jamie Stone has accused the UK government of living in a "fantasy land" over Brexit and its impact on trade with Europe.

Voters have punished the two main parties over Brexit as the Tories and Labour both suffered early losses in the English local council elections, with the Liberal Democrats making big gains.

The Liberal Democrat leader accused the two main parties of avoiding confronting the economic impacts of Britain’s departure from the EU.

Giles Merritt assesses British remorse for leaving the EU, and suggests that Brussels should weigh the advantages of a constructive new relationship.

Lord Neuberger condemns internal market bill for exempting some of its powers from legal challenge

Pro-EU parties, including the Liberal Democrats, the Greens and the Independent Group, will not form pacts or alliances at the forthcoming EU elections, hoping to use the poll as a “soft referendum” to show a surge in support for remain.

The announcement that British Steel is to enter insolvency is the latest example of how uncertainty over Brexit is threatening livelihoods across the country. This does not just affect the 5,000 workers at Scunthorpe, but also a support staff of 20,000 across the whole supply chain. / Sadly, many other firms face the same danger ...

David Macdonald says he is ‘doing the unprecedented’ to shore up the remain vote. / The top Change UK choice in Scotland for this week’s European elections has written an open letter to his fellow party candidates urging them to consider following his lead and voting for the Liberal Democrats or other remain parties.

'If things continue as they are the remain vote will split in Scotland', he says. / One of Change UK's lead European election candidates has quit to back the Liberal Democrats over concerns the new party could split the Remain vote in the upcoming contest.

“This is the first big Remain constituency by-election in England, and I think the dismal ‘embrace Brexit’ mantra may be at least partially to blame," Rejoin EU's leader has said.

Chuka Umunna, who left Labour in February to found the Independent Group, has switched party once again and joined the Liberal Democrats.

The MEP delegations of Labour, Greens, Liberal Democrats, Alliance, Plaid Cymru, and the SNP will formally cooperate.

Dr David Nicholl will contest West Midlands seat of Bromsgrove to expose ‘Brexit dishonesty’.

Ian Taylor launches attack on Boris Johnson's "misleading" promise to "Get Brexit Done".

The Lib Dem leadership hopeful surprisingly suggested Labour leadership for what comes after no-deal Brexit.

Deputy leader says general election victory is much more likely than it has been in the past.

The results were obtained by Freedom of Information requests submitted by the London Liberal Democrats and seen by Sky News.

Tories are ‘myopically focused on forcing through biggest act of economic self-harm ever undertaken by a democratic government’, he says. / Tory grandee Michael Heseltine has said he will not be supporting the Conservatives in the European election, and will instead vote Liberal Democrat.

The Liverpool Wavertree MP said Jo Swinson's party is best placed to stop Brexit.

Dr Phillip Lee to mount Brexit challenge against veteran Eurosceptic.

Former Conservative MP Sarah Wollaston has joined the Liberal Democrats, the party has announced.

The Liberal Democrats could score victory at general election if Labour maintains it’s position of an ‘alternative Brexit’, according to a new poll.

Commons bid to force ministers to negotiate continued access for UK students is defeated by Tories.

LBC caller who once voted for UKIP told Shelagh Fogarty he now "deeply regrets" the decision and votes for Liberal Democrats.

The Lib Dems have urged Boris Johnson’s government to close a loophole which peers fear would let illegal cash from Russia and other parts of the world into the UK.

Stopping Brexit will deliver a £50bn "Remain bonus" for public services over the next five years, Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson will say later.

‘The voters of this country deserve to hear from a Remainer on the debate stage’

Plaid Cymru, Liberal Democrats and the Greens have agreed a pro-EU electoral pact in 11 of the 40 seats in Wales, BBC Wales has been told.

He joined Vince Cable in London, saying the party offers an "alternative to nationalism". Verhofstadt is the leader of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party (ALDE), the Europe-wide body of Lib Dem parties, and said he was there not as Brexit negotiator but "as the leader of the liberals and democrats for Europe".

The European parliament’s outspoken Brexit chief is coming to Britain next week to knock on doors in the European elections on behalf of the Liberal Democrats.

South Cambridgeshire MP is the latest in a string of high-profile defections to Jo Swinson's party.

Actor says voters should ‘do everything we can’ to stop a Conservative government.

The best way to stop Brexit is to support those parties which are unequivocal about staying in the European Union.

For the first time in living memory, the Mendip ward has elected a councillor who is not a Tory

A year on from leaving the EU, it’s time for an annual report on how Brexit has worked out for Wales.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson lost his working majority in parliament on Tuesday when one of his Conservative lawmakers defected to the pro-European Union Liberal Democrats.

'We appreciate this would involve a huge personal sacrifice,' campaigners say.

Sir Ed Davey said conversations are ongoing with a number of MPs to defect to his party

'MPs cannot be bystanders while the next Tory PM tries to crash the UK out of the EU,' says Starmer. / Labour will mount a bid to seize control of the Commons agenda to prevent the next Tory prime minister forcing through a no-deal Brexit.

Polls makes Vince Cable’s party the favourite for remainers and puts it in first place in London. / Senior Labour figures were engaged in a desperate battle to shore up the party’s support on Saturday night, amid warnings that its stance on Brexit was helping to “detoxify the Lib Dems”.

Former MEP Michael Cashman says he 'can't trust' Jeremy Corbyn and urges people to back second referendum parties. / A Labour peer has resigned from the party after announcing that he will vote for the Liberal Democrats in this week's European Parliament elections.

Opposition day debate picked for motion backed by SNP, Lib Dems, Greens and a Tory MP.

Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party would be trounced by the Liberal Democrats in a general election unless it changes its Brexit stance, according to a new poll.

Activists report people registered as Labour members who say they will vote Green. One of them was a Labour councillor.

Sir Ed Davey has vowed to mount a cross-party bid to block a no-deal Brexit amid fears a new Tory leader could pursue a disorderly exit from the EU.

The views of voters who want to remain in the EU will be excluded if the Lib Dems and SNP are not part of ITV's election debate, a court has heard.

The Liberal Democrats have become the most popular party in the country, a poll suggests.

Move challenges BBC decision to include only Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn in 6 December programme.

Labour and Tories prefer one-on-one format, which would mean no place for Jo Swinson’s party.

The anti-Brexit party is up by more than 250 seats in early counting while both Tories and Labour struggle.

Public should have final say on any deal PM brings back from EU summit, Lib Dems argue.

Delegates at annual conference agree to revoke article 50 if party wins election.

The Liberal Democrats are to set out a roadmap for Britain to rejoin the European Union single market – reversing the most damaging parts of Brexit. / The proposed policy would ultimately reinstate free movement and trade.

If amendment is selected, MPs will vote on the bid next week.

Lib Dems could win cross-party support for an amendment requiring the government to publish regular reports on impact of Brexit

Brexit is contributing to a serious brain drain in UK universities, say the Liberal Democrats, after it emerged that almost 11,000 EU academics had left since the 2016 referendum.

The prime minister's "do or die" Brexit plan just became even harder.

The party backs a second referendum but Ms Swinson said if she was PM she would be prepared to stop Brexit straight away.

BREXIT will lead to more red tape at ports such as Newhaven, the Liberal Democrats claim.

Pro-EU parties are in talks over forming a Remain alliance to support an independent candidate in the upcoming Peterborough by-election. / Voters will go to the polls in the Cambridgeshire city in June to replace former Labour MP Fiona Onasanya, who lost her seat after being jailed for perverting the course of justice.

Exclusive: parties will step aside for each other in 60 seats to give single pro-remain candidate a free run.

New Lib Dem leader Jo Swinson: "I will do whatever it takes to stop Brexit."

Where do the Lib Dems stand on rejoining the EU? That is the question they need to answer if they are ever to find their way out of the post-Brexit wilderness.

Sir Ed Davey said the UK must repair its "broken relationship with Europe" to boost the economy as the Lib Dem leader set out his party's main arguments for winning seats at an election during the spring conference.

The European parliament’s Brexit coordinator Guy Verhofstadt has hailed the new Liberal Democrat policy to revoke Article 50 as the “natural stance” for any party committed to stopping Brexit.

The Welsh Liberal Democrat have called on the the UK Government to “get a grip” and accused them of “failing to address the problems they have caused” with new post-Brexit customs regulations.

'Our manifesto sets out a clear and positive vision for the UK within the EU, and we can achieve it by stopping Brexit'. / Vince Cable's Liberal Democrats are to launch their European elections campaign manifesto today under the blunt slogan: "Bollocks to Brexit".

Peers will launch bid to block legislation until it’s been approved by Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Is Prime Minister Theresa May mulling a second referendum on Brexit? Liberal Democrat leader Vince Cable certainly seems to think so.

Liberal Democrats wrest seats from Tories and Labour, while Labour win back seat in Hartlepool borough.

The two biggest parties hemorrhaged support in areas they once considered strongholds.

The Conservatives and Labour have faced a backlash at the ballot box over the Brexit deadlock, with smaller parties and independents winning seats.

The Tory grandee has served under Thatcher and Major - but tonight he said die-hard Tory voters should back either the handful of 'defrocked' Conservatives, or the Lib Dems.

Tory joins Chuka Umunna and Sam Gyimah in plea to back Lib Dems to stop Brexit

Former Tory grandee accuses Boris Johnson of pursuing an ‘utterly disastrous’ Brexit policy.

Former deputy prime minister Lord Heseltine has had the Tory whip suspended after saying he would vote Liberal Democrat at the European elections, a Conservative spokesman said.

Lib Dems' Sir Vince Cable asks members of new Independent Group for support.

Luciana Berger says two-party politics is ‘dead’ and her old party Labour will never recover its former strength.

Leaked briefing paper being shared among Tory MPs describes the move as ‘damaging to everything the UK and Conservatives stand for’.

Figures compiled by the Liberal Democrats found that over 3,250 NHS staff from the EU have left the health service so far this year.

Ian Blackford and Sir Ed Davey say extension will allow governments focus on Covid-19

An Oxford MP has slammed Boris Johnson’s trade deal with Europe as “botched”, stating it has sold many industries “down the river”.

Labour would fall behind the Liberal Democrats in the polls if Jeremy Corbyn helps the Tories to secure Brexit, according to a huge new poll.

Lib Dems want public register to stop freeports becoming ‘hotbeds’ for illicit finance.

Former minister defects to Lib Dems, accusing Boris Johnson of pursuing a ‘damaging Brexit’

Plaid Cymru have suggested a coalition with other parties might be in the offing after Brecon and Radnorshire Conservative MP Chris Davies was ousted by his constituents.

New analysis released as more than 70,000 people sign petition urging anti-Brexit parties to work together.

Sir Vince Cable says political logic of banding together is 'irresistible'

Lib Dems’ hopes rise in Brecon and Radnorshire as Greens and Plaid Cymru stand aside.

Boris Johnson’s Brexit is failing to deliver any benefits for Britain. It bears no resemblance to the promises made by the Leave campaign in 2016.

Remain parties are working together for a by-election, taking place days after the new prime minister comes to power.

It’s Euro elections week and lots of us STILL don’t know who to vote for. On Friday 17 May we brought together people from the key national parties who are hunting the Remainer vote to make their pitch in semi-hustings format. London MEP candidates DINESH DHAMIJA (Lib Dems), LAURA PARKER (Labour) and JAN ROSTOWSKI (Change UK) plus AMELIA WOMACK (Deputy Leader of the Greens for England and Wales).

Party seeks replacement as Tim Walker drops out in Canterbury to avoid dividing pro-remain vote.

Former Tory MP Sam Gyimah has joined the Liberal Democrats, weeks after having the Conservative whip removed.

The MP says he has joined Jo Swinson’s party to fight No 10’s ‘scorched earth approach’ to leaving the EU.

Guy Kiddey ‘appalled’ at action being taken by party against ex-Canterbury candidate.

Whitehall officials who compiled Operation Yellowhammer report should give evidence to MPs, say Lib Dems.

"Every vote for the Liberal Democrats is a vote to stop Brexit and stay in the European Union. We passionately believe that Britain is stronger as part of the European Union and we have led the fight to give the people the final say on the Brexit deal"

No, it isn't the usual sort of language we would use in a political document, but let's be honest: these are not usual times. / ‘Bollocks to Brexit’. That’s the slogan on the front of the Lib Dem’s manifesto, which is officially launched this evening in east London.

Ahead of a crucial vote on Europe at the Lib Dem's spring conference, LAYLA MORAN outlines the party's position on Brexit.

An analysis by the party suggests the European Criminal Records Information System is used 250 times a day by UK police and courts. / Theresa May’s “overly dogmatic” approach to the Brexit negotiations risks police losing access to vital shared criminal databases with the EU used an estimated 250 times a day by UK authorities, the Liberal Democrats have warned.

Bid to force Boris Johnson to act thrown out – despite charities warning youngsters are in danger as they are forced to turn to smugglers.

Former Tory Deputy Prime Minister Michael Heseltine says he will not vote for the Conservative Party in the European elections on Thursday.

Another senior Conservative peer has been suspended from the party whip for pledging to vote Liberal Democrat in the European elections, after the punishment was imposed on the former deputy prime minister Michael Heseltine.

Antoinette Sandbach becomes eighth defector to Lib Dems this year.

"We agree that our common priority should be to work together in parliament to prevent no-deal Brexit."

Much-anticipated move by former Tory MP follows her split with Change UK in June.

Liberal Democrats see surge as some predictions forecast gain of up to 500 seats

The EU's chief Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, has been told there is "significant opposition" to the United Kingdom Government's refusal to consider extending the timetable for talks.

A similar deal delivered Brecon and Radnorshire to the Lib Dems, with organisers hoping to maximise anti-Brexit votes

Ex-justice secretary calls for people to ‘vote for the centre-ground’ to avoid hard Brexit.

Big swings from Labour to pro-EU Liberal Democrats and Greens prove need to guarantee new referendum, Labour leader told - but he insists 'a deal has to be done'.

Welsh Liberal Democrats have welcomed a proposed new bill which will protect Welsh farmers from being undercut by food trade deals which do not meet environmental and animal welfare standards.

The party’s refusal to make an unashamed case for rejoining the EU is bewildering.

This Brexit built on lies can't be undone, but the new prime minister has a chance to minimise the damage.

Youth representatives from the Conservatives, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Green Party and Plaid Cymru urge MPs to back Final Say vote

‘As with any attack on democracy, it is important that we stand together,’ says Labour candidate. / Properties displaying Liberal Democrat, Labour and Green Party posters in Sussex have been vandalised, in attacks thought to be linked to Brexit.