LibLink: Tim Farron – Tuition fees are the poll tax of our generation
Over at the Guardian’s Comment is Free, Tim Farron MP reiterates his pledge to vote against tuition fees, calling them “the poll tax of our generation” – a reference to the angry scenes at Wednesday’s...
View ArticleThe Liberal Democrat manifesto in practice
It’s an unnecessarily well-kept secret that the Liberal Democrats have already achieved much in Government since the General Election. Despite the Guardian saying today that “the Liberal Democrats have...
View ArticleMore of the Liberal Democrat manifesto in practice
Just before Christmas, I blogged the Liberal Democrats’ achievements in Government. Since then, even more of the party’s manifesto has been enacted. For example, the ID card database was publicly...
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LibLink… Danny Alexander: We are on course to deliver all four of our...
At the start of Budget week, Danny Alexander writes at Comment is Free that the coalition government is about more than balancing the books, but about enacting reform with a foundation of economic...
View ArticleNick Clegg’s delivery diary
Nick Clegg’s article in the Indy today is a spare, evidential piece, as neatly sliced and lacking in rhetoric as an appointment diary. But what a diary. Flip back a year, and Gordon was driving to the...
View ArticleOpinion: The need for a radical manifesto
In 2015, as we approach the general election, it will be exactly 70 years since the 1945 general election. When we draw up our 2015 manifesto, we need to remember the lessons of 1945. That election saw...
View ArticleOpinion: Themes for a radical manifesto
Yesterday, George Potter blogged about the need for the Liberal Democrats to have a radical manifesto for the 2015 General Election. Today he sets out his suggested themes: I suggest that we limit our...
View ArticleJulian Huppert MP writes: High Speed Rail no longer the transport of the...
Birmingham in 49 minutes, Leeds in 80, and 45 minutes shaved off the journey to Scotland’s major cities. For some, this is reason enough for the Government’s new High Speed Rail line (HS2) – stretching...
View ArticlePaul Burstow MP writes: Let’s end this silent scandal
1,800 people with dementia are dying every year having been prescribed anti-psychotic drugs, and I am determined to end this silent scandal. For more than a decade I have been campaigning to reduce the...
View ArticleDanny Alexander MP writes… Liberal Democrat budget victory for “further...
Over 20 million working people will be better off next year after Liberal Democrats in the Coalition Government delivered the biggest ever increase in the income tax personal allowance in the Budget....
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Is 75% of the Coalition Agreement drawn from the Lib Dem manifesto? Alas, no…
One of the key justifications for Lib Dem involvement in the Coalition — one which has comforted many party members through the first two difficult years of being the junior partner in government with...
View ArticleOpinion: keeping up the Mo-mentum
Many of us watched with pride as Mo Farah won his two Gold medals at the London 2012 Olympics, encapsulating the spirit that swept most of the country over two golden weeks, re-invigorating our nation,...
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A brief (recent) history of the Lib Dems’ flagship tax-cut for the low-paid
George Osborne’s fourth budget saw him finalise the commitment to implement in full the Lib Dems’ number one manifesto commitment: taking out of income tax all those who earn less than £10k a year. It...
View Article‘Red lines’ v ‘a long shopping list’: Clegg sets out plan for slimline 2015...
Nick Clegg will be speaking today at the party’s local government conference in Manchester (Nick Thornsby will be covering it throughout the day here on LDV) and The Independent is one of the...
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Interview: Nick Clegg on the economy, welfare, Cleggism and the “superb” Kung...
We brought you a taste of the Voice’s exclusive interview with the deputy prime minister yesterday. Here is the full interview, covering the economy, welfare reform, pensions, Cleggism, our approach to...
View ArticleDavid Laws MP writes…Have your say – the 2015 manifesto
As you know, Liberal Democrats are unique in British politics as the only party whose policy is developed democratically through a member elected policy committee, member votes at conference and a...
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Nick Clegg’s Letter from the Leader: Two big issues – free schools and energy...
It would have been very surprising if Nick’s weekly letter hadn’t been on the subjects which have dominated the headlines this week – free schools and energy bills. Although, to be honest, I think it’s...
View ArticleManifesto 2015: Join the debate
Following David Laws’ call for proposals for the Liberal Democrats’ 2015 Manifesto, the first submissions from members are now up on the Manifesto Website. Watch this space for more members’ ideas to...
View ArticleIs this the front page of the next Lib Dem manifesto?
Ryan Coetzee, recently appointed the Lib Dems’ General Election Director of Strategy, was snapped today clutching papers which look like they might reveal the party’s top four priorities for the 2015...
View ArticleSix Lib Dem policies to tackle racial inequality
The Lib Dem manifesto, launched earlier today, includes several ideas to make Britain a more racially-equal society. Black and minority ethnic (BAME) people will be voting on all the main issues, like...
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