Your favourite liberal policies through time.

[u/Metropolitan_Line]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children_Act_1908

I want to find out what Lib Dem/Liberal policies through time liberals in this sub like the best. It doesn’t necessarily have to have been an act of parliament, it could have been a manifesto pledge for example, or a policy adopted by the party membership.

One of my favourites (though I know this example is a little old) is the Children Act 1908 - an important milestone in the rights of young people, introducing Juvenile Courts (as they were back then), restricting capital punishment and giving other protections to children. Though these might not seem revolutionary by today’s standards, they would have been significant for the time, and I think is an excellent example of the liberal tradition.

[u/coffeewalnut08]

Their pushing through a 2011 alternative vote referendum. Was a rare opportunity for healthy democratic renewal and reform.

Also they’ve been consistently the most serious and ambitious on climate and environmental reform.

[u/Metropolitan_Line → u/coffeewalnut08]

It’s a pity it didn’t go through.