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Caroline Voaden

@carolinevoadenmp.bsky.social

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Liberal Democrat MP for South Devon and Schools Spokesperson. Former leader of Lib Dem MEPs. 🔶 Education Select Committee member. UK-EU Parliamentary Partnership Assembly member. E:[email protected]

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Caroline Voaden @carolinevoadenmp.bsky.social · Nov 14

It was a real honour to make my maiden speech in the House of Commons - here it is for anyone interested.
The first non Conservative to do so from my part of the UK in over 100 years 😊

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lg1...

Caroline Voaden Maiden Speech

YouTube video by Liberal Democrats

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Caroline Voaden @carolinevoadenmp.bsky.social · 6d

It is a huge relief to see Gazans celebrating in hope of a ceasefire.

The task of rebuilding Gaza, restoring health to a starved population and building peace will be immense. Hard to imagine. But we must help make this happen.

I hope all hostages will finally be returned home now.

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Caroline Voaden @carolinevoadenmp.bsky.social · 14d

I look forward to working with, and listening to, school leaders, teachers and pupils here in South Devon and across the country so we can make education the gift that truly lasts a lifetime.

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Caroline Voaden @carolinevoadenmp.bsky.social · 14d

There is so much more to school than passing exams, and I want to use this platform to highlight the role education plays in showing all children how much they are worth and the potential they have.

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Caroline Voaden @carolinevoadenmp.bsky.social · 14d

And that means all children, including those with additional needs and disabilities who have been so badly let down by a broken system.

Caroline Voaden @carolinevoadenmp.bsky.social · 14d

Education is the best investment we can make in our children, and that means ensuring every child leaves school with the life skills, confidence and resilience they need to be happy, healthy and successful, whatever path they choose to go down.

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Caroline Voaden @carolinevoadenmp.bsky.social · 14d

I’m thrilled to have been asked by Ed to take up a new spokesperson role for the Liberal Democrats – focusing on Schools.

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Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 20d

Westminster Voting Intention:

RFM: 33% (-1)
LAB: 17% (+1)
LDM: 16% (+3)
CON: 14% (-2)
GRN: 12% (=)

Via @findoutnow.bsky.social, 24 Sep.
Changes w/ 17 Sep.

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Caroline Voaden @carolinevoadenmp.bsky.social · 22d

Pleased to show my support for the #CANBill at the Lib Dem conference's first dedicated climate and nature day.

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mcsfoundation.bsky.social @mcsfoundation.bsky.social · 22d

Great to see @carolinevoadenmp.bsky.social today at #LDConf. Thanks for signing our open letter asking #Government to lower #ElectricityPrices and for talking to us about the need to drive #renewable uptake in #rural areas currently reliant on #oil systems.

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Education Policy Institute @edupolicyinst.bsky.social · 23d

Second event of the day at #LDConf, looking at the role of colleges in regional skills growth in partnership with @aoc-info.bsky.social.

Delighted to have @carolinevoadenmp.bsky.social, @hughesdavid.bsky.social, David Crew, Phil Sayles and @richherrett.bsky.social on the panel.

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Caroline Voaden @carolinevoadenmp.bsky.social · 22d

By the time, it was picked up by an astute young medic in A&E, palliative care was the only option left. He died a year later.

It’s imperative that GPs take the concerns of normally healthy patients seriously when they believe something is wrong.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Jess's Rule: GPs to re-check some patients for deadly 'misses'

Jessica Brady's parents campaigned for Jess's Rule, after she made repeated calls to doctors before her death from cancer.

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Caroline Voaden @carolinevoadenmp.bsky.social · 22d

So pleased to see this new guidance introduced from the Health Secretary. This is exactly what happened to my family years ago – my late husband was told by his GP that he didn’t expect cancer in a healthy 42-year-old.

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Caroline Voaden @carolinevoadenmp.bsky.social · 29d

We must follow their lead and hold Israel’s war-mongering leaders to account for the heinous crimes they have and continue to commit.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, UN commission of inquiry says

The panel finds that four of the five genocidal acts defined under international law have been carried out against Palestinians during the war.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Caroline Voaden @carolinevoadenmp.bsky.social · 29d

Yet our government continues to insist otherwise. And it is this reticence to accept reality that is stopping us from saving the Palestinians.

Norway and Spain have taken the kind of action the entire world should be adopting to isolate Israel.

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Caroline Voaden @carolinevoadenmp.bsky.social · 29d

A UN commission has today concluded that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.

They are not alone in this conclusion.

Amnesty International shares this view. As do Israel’s two largest human rights organisations, the world’s leading genocide scholars, and nearly half of the British public.

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Caroline Voaden @carolinevoadenmp.bsky.social · 29d

Our internationally renowned national parks are home to our most iconic landscapes, and symbols for the value of protecting nature. This report is outrageous and reflects the scale of a sewage crisis that this government has been slow to fix

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Revealed: sewage overflow in English and Welsh national parks twice outside rate

Exclusive: Campaigners attack ‘outrageous’ situation, saying waters in protected areas should be cleanest

www.theguardian.com

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Caroline Voaden @carolinevoadenmp.bsky.social · Sep 12

This is a big concern. No one would think of the South West as a crime hotspot, yet the crime rate is growing here, while shrinking elsewhere. We need much higher investment in community policing and in programmes, like LandWorks in South Devon, that deliver low rates of reoffending.

Devon and Cornwall crime up by 11.7%, despite national decrease

The figures are inconsistent with the national trend - a 1.7% decrease over the same period.

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Caroline Voaden @carolinevoadenmp.bsky.social · Sep 9

Painstaking international diplomacy is not working fast enough. Last week I called for the government to take the action it should have taken long ago: sweeping trade sanctions, sanctions on Netanyahu and his entire Cabinet, and a commitment to recognise Palestine without conditions.

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Caroline Voaden @carolinevoadenmp.bsky.social · Sep 9

Proud to have met Crispin and Rachel recently in Kingsbridge. Best of luck to both of them at the Stand-Up Paddling World Championship this year! SUP Paddling is completely self-funded, so if you want to contribute to Crispin and Rachel and get them to Abu Dhabi this October you can do so here:

Donate to Help get South Hams Residents to the World Championships, organized by Crispin Jones

South Hams residents, Rachel Booton and Crispin Jones have been… Crispin Jones needs your support for Help get South Hams Residents to the World Championships

www.gofundme.com

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Caroline Voaden @carolinevoadenmp.bsky.social · Sep 8

It’s taken a long time to get to this point, but finally, we are seeing South West Water brought to account.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

South West Water taken to court over cryptosporidium outbreak in Devon

Inspectorate issues summons after water supply infected 140 people with diarrhoea-type disease in Brixham last year

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Caroline Voaden @carolinevoadenmp.bsky.social · Sep 8

Many of my constituents still don’t trust the drinking water and are paying for bottled water more than a year on from the outbreak. This incident affected the whole community, damaged businesses, hurt the local economy, and most importantly, made many people severely ill.

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Caroline Voaden @carolinevoadenmp.bsky.social · Sep 8

I am pleased to hear that the Drinking Water Inspectorate has decided to take South West Water to court over the cryptosporidium outbreak in Brixham last year. It’s important we find out exactly what South West Water knew, and when, and why they told people the water was safe to drink when it wasn’t

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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · Sep 3

Conservative MPs jeered when I urged the Prime Minister to help end the starvation and suffering in Gaza. Sickening, but they won’t stop me raising this.

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Caroline Voaden @carolinevoadenmp.bsky.social · Sep 3

This money could have been used to support local businesses or invest in our education system. Instead, it’s money that has been poured down the drain and these empty warehouses are a stark reminder of the failure of Farage’s ideological vanity project.

www.politico.eu/article/brex...

‘Wasted time, effort and money’: Britain’s £800M Brexit border debacle

“White elephant” border inspection facilities face bleak future after U.K.-EU trade deal.

www.politico.eu

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Caroline Voaden @carolinevoadenmp.bsky.social · Sep 3

Here we have yet another example of the economic vandalism caused by Brexit. Years of wasted money, time, and effort trying to address the damage of the Conservatives’ disastrous deal with the EU.

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