Liberal Democrats are celebrating a stunning by-election victory in Merton after storming to victory from third place.

London now has four Liberal Democrat MPs after welcoming Chuka Umunna to the party.

London showed it is a city of Remain as the Liberal Democrats topped the polls in London in the EU election. 

The Lib Dem team won 27% of the vote and three seats, as Irina von Wiese, Dinesh Dhamija and Luisa Porritt were elected as MEPs.

Liberal Democrat campaigners are celebrating a stunning set of local election results after gaining a record 703 seats.

We launched our EU election campaign on Friday with a simple message - every Lib Dem vote is a vote to stop Brexit.

“It seems Sajid Javid will talk about anything to tackle knife crime except the one thing that communities most desperately need: more police officers." ...  Ed Davey MP

The Leader of Sutton Council, Councillor Ruth Dombey, has urged the Secretary of State for Education, Damien Hinds, and Prime Minister to take action on the funding pressures facing Sutton’s schools.

"Far too many young lives are being destroyed by an epidemic of knife crime, and Sajid Javid’s Knife Crime Prevention Orders will do nothing to stop it." - Ed Davey MP

Concerns about changes to the way London Boroughs help fund extra police officers have recently been raised by at City Hall by Caroline Pidgeon AM, the Liberal Democrat Assembly Member.

MPs across the House must face up to the real choice: leaving with the Withdrawal Agreement or retaining all the benefits of staying in the European Union as full members.