There are two opportunities to join the Liberal Youth Executive Committee, both the Campaigns Officer and England Covnenor roles have become vacant. The Campaigns Officer is responsible for overseeing the campaigning activities of the organisation, particularly our Fresher’s campaigns, recruitment of members and outreach to members of the public. Following various concerns surrounding the recent election process for the co-option for...

Liberal Youth are proud to announce that Leeds Liberal Youth have won the bidding process to host the Liberal Youth Spring Conference 2012. Following the resounding success of the Colchester Autumn Conference 2011, the bidding process for the Spring began early and was hotly contested. Liberal Youth Conference Committee have been considering several robust bids for the past week and eventually settled on Leeds earlier today. The event will be...

Liberal Youth have today backed Nick Clegg’s reaction to David Cameron’s “veto”, but have urged the Liberal Democrat leader to ensure that his comments are backed by concrete action that prevents the UK from becoming marginalised in Europe as a result. Liberal Youth believe the decision to veto a treaty change for all 27 members of the EU will lead to a ‘two-tier Europe’, with Britain excluded from the inner...

In July, Norway was rocked by an unimaginable atrocity when a far-right extremist detonated a car bomb in Oslo city centre, killing 8, before arriving on the retreat island of Utoya, and massacring over 60 members of the AUF, the youth wing of the Norwegian Labour Party. For a politically innocent country not really used to any kind of terrorism, the scale of the tragedy and its impact was inconceivable. Only a week later, Unge Venstre (NUV),...

We currently have three vacancies on the national Executive and several Regional Chair vacancies (following a constitutional amendment at Autumn Conference 2011). If you are enthusiastic about the party and believe you have the skills to help drive Liberal Youth forward, this is your chance to get involved. The positions available are: Vice Chair: Supports the Chair in all his activities and Deputises on executive management and strategy. Also...

With the UK’s relationship with the EU firmly in the spotlight this week, LY International takes a look at how the EU benefits the youth of Britain…. Youth employment – Almost 3.5 million jobs in the UK are dependent on trade with the EU. Pulling out would lose contract deals and cost companies more to export to the European continent. As the recent economic slump has already shown, when unemployment rises the youth are hit...