An archive of News & Events from 2017-22 is available at this link.
Changes to voting in UK elections from overseas Date: February 2023 What has changed in the Elections Act? British citizens living abroad for more than 15 years have finally had their right to vote in UK general elections established in principle under the wide-ranging and controversial Elections Act given Royal Assent on the 28th April 2022.
At the invitation of Sino-Israeli think tank SIGNAL, George Cunningham visited Israel
Lord Rennard is a Liberal Democrat Life Peer who was instrumental in getting the changes to the Election Act which removed the 15 year time limit for non-residents to vote in the UK.
Lib Dems Abroad women (and the occasional bloke!) succeed in Lib Dem Internal Elections.
The recording of the Policy Briefing on China is now available.
In June the Chair of the International Consortium of British Pensioners wrote to the leaders of the major UK political parties requesting them to state their positions on the issue of frozen pensions. On 14th July Ed Davey responded by asserting his strong support for their unfreezing.
On 11 August, in celebration of ASEAN Day (8 August), the Libdems Overseas (LDO) group based in Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia held a virtual meet-up with guest speaker, Lord Wallace of Saltaire.
UK Liberal Democrat International Policy Briefing President Xi’s Next 5 Years: What should Europe's Strategy be? Zoom, 18.30-19:30hrs (UK Time), Tuesday 8 November 2022
George Cunningham, Lib Dems Abroad Chair, calls for a Special Lib Dem Conference to tackle the Winter Crisis,15th September 2022
