Posi tivel y li beral

As the General councillors, feel

Election must be that the Liberal

held within the next Democrats share

9 months, all parties their views on the

have stepped up economy and how

their campaigning you should treat

for when the date is other people, how

finally announced. we care about the

Liberal Democrat environment, and the leader, Sir Ed Davey understanding that says he thinks this our political system is election provides broken here.” his party with an It was only in the opportunity to last week that the capitalise on the Liberal Democrats Conservatives’ lurch have called on to the right, and that the government the Lib Dems could to back down on become the new plans to criminalise home for One Nation homelessness Conservatives. in the Criminal

“If you look at what Justice Bill, after we’ve been doing in The Times reported local government, ministers are facing a which is where we backbench rebellion always build our from Conservative foundation for future MPs on the issue. success, I think we’ve Liberal Democrat done a great job,” he MP Layla Moran, who said in an interview led the cross- party with The Yorkshire campaign to scrap Post. the Vagrancy Act

“Our challenge which criminalises is convincing voters homelessness, who are looking to not commented: vote Conservative for “The heartless the first time ever that proposals in the we are the ones that Criminal Justice Bill share their values.” risk bringing back the

“The coalition Vagrancy Act by the years were tough back door.” for the Liberal “The government Democrats, should listen to their managing to lose own backbenchers its left- leaning and take a supporters who did compassionate not want the Tories approach to tackling in power, as well homelessness, as its right flank the instead of Conservatives were stigmatising and able to turn to their criminalising rough cause in the following sleepers.” years.” “Sleeping rough

However, Sir Ed is not a lifestyle said that these voters choice. Ministers could help the party should focus on redraw the electoral tackling the root map later this year. causes of this crisis,

“A lot of former not scapegoating the Conservative MPs, victims.”

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