Caroline Voaden
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Caroline Voaden
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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.

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But it is appalling for the female leader of the opposition to be so personally vindictive against the first female Chancellor.

It is simply childish. Using personal insults to cover up for the lack of policy response from the hollowed out con party
November 26, 2025 at 1:57 PM
This means lifting this cap won’t just lift children out of poverty now; it will also support future economic growth, building a better skilled workforce.
November 26, 2025 at 1:37 PM
The Government must get a handle on this. Recently, I called for the Government to make soliciting prostitution illegal online; it is such a simple, obvious step that it is concerning it hasn’t already been taken.
November 25, 2025 at 10:32 AM
This year’s theme focuses on digital abuse, something that is particularly pertinent in our fast-evolving, digital-first world. It is a form of abuse that is sadly on the rise, fuelled by the impunity perpetrators enjoy on digital platforms, and new and fast avenues for abuse being opened by AI.
November 25, 2025 at 10:32 AM
The Government should put its money where its mouth is and fully fund this expansion.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Keir Starmer visits Peterborough to mark free school meal expansion
Tens of thousands of children in the region are set to be eligible for the scheme, the government says.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 12:42 PM
As it stands, schools would be forced to subsidise the expansion by £310 million a year, the equivalent of 7,700 specialist teachers, putting huge pressure on already stretched budgets.

That simply is not good enough.
November 24, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Today, as part of their #AskHerToStand campaign, 50:50 Parliament are asking us all to take one simple action: ask one, two, or three women you know to consider standing for elected office.
November 21, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Placing responsibility on social media companies to manage their content and features is a start. We must also look at putting a two-hour cap for how long children can be on social media, and a health warning, like we have with cigarettes, so children know the adverse effects of excessive usage.
Instagram and Facebook-owner Meta notifies Australian teens of accounts shutdown
Under-sixteens will be banned from major social media plaforms from 10 December.
bbc.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:33 AM