Today’s Lib Dem Party Conference Headlines include the call for a ban on all single-use plastic, Vince Cable’s citizen’s fund, Gina Miller rules herself out of becoming Lib Dem leader and the founder of Pimlico Plumbers now backing the Lib Dems.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n
Lib Dems call for a ban on all single-use plastics within three\u00a0years<\/span> Vince Cable calls for a new \u00a3100bn ‘citizen’s fund’ to spread wealth more evenly<\/span> Gina Miller rules herself out of becoming Lib Dem leader<\/span> Former Conservative donor and founder of Pimlico Plumbers now backing the Lib Dems<\/span> Liberal Democrats must own failures of the past<\/span>
\n<\/strong>The Metro\u00a0reports<\/a>\u00a0that senior Liberal Democrats are to discuss a move to ban all single-use plastics, not just plastic straws. The party conference is set to discuss this move, along with similar measures including the charge on hot drink cups known as the \u2018latte levy\u2019. Lib Dem MP Alistair Carmichael has claimed that the Tories are \u2018full of hot air and no credible action\u2019 in their attempt to reduce the amount of plastic in our oceans.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>According<\/a>\u00a0to the BBC, Vince Cable is proposing a \u00a3100bn citizen’s fund should be created and built up through taxes on the richest and the sale of assets, such as the UK stake in Royal Bank of Scotland. Explaining the policy on the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show, he said he wanted to scrap inheritance tax and replace it with ‘a tax on people’s gifts through their lifetime’.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>The Mirror\u00a0reports<\/a>\u00a0that anti-Brexit campaigner Gina Miller will end the speculation that she would want to be leader of the Liberal Democrats. Miller will today give a speech from the main stage at the Lib Dem Conference in Brighton where she will present the case for a new EU referendum.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Sky News\u00a0reports<\/a>\u00a0the founder of Pimlico Plumbers, Charlie Mullins, has declared his support for the Liberal Democrats and has said that Theresa May is the worst person to negotiate Brexit. Mullins was previously a high-profile donor to the Conservative Party but earlier this year his firm gave \u00a325,000 to the Liberal Democrats. Mullins has backed Jo Swinson, Gina Miller or co-founder of Innocent Drinks, Richard Reed as possible future party leaders.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>The Guardian\u00a0reports<\/a>\u00a0on Jo Swinson\u2019s speech where she has called on her party to own their failures and accept they should have done more to stop policies when in coalition. Swinson accepted that too much of a burden was put on the poorest in society when trying to cut the deficit. It is reported that not all of Swinson\u2019s colleagues were happy with the criticism, with Ed Davey highlighted as someone who bristled at the remarks.<\/p>\n