Nick Clegg: ‘Serious mistakes were made’
The Lord Rennard allegations continue to prove a challenge to Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg.
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David Miliband tells Channel 4 News his decision to step down as an MP to take up an international charity role based in New York is the right decision for him and the Labour party.
Liberal Democrats are gathering for their spring conference today with the party wracked by more damaging controversy.
The Lord Rennard allegations continue to prove a challenge to Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg.
There’s an acknowledgement from his team that they got it wrong in dealing with Lib Dem women’ complaints and that could be something Nick Clegg says tomorrow.
Nick Clegg refuses to give “running commentary” on the Lord Rennard allegations as the Lib Dems suffer their lowest-ever national poll rating less than two days before critical Eastleigh by-election.
Did Lord Rennard’s departure as Lib Dem chief executive on health grounds have a hidden benefit for party officials in the face of allegations about his behaviour?
The Metropolitan police are looking at allegations against former Liberal Democrat chief executive Lord Rennard and are considering if any criminal activity has taken place.
The Liberal Democrats deny Nick Clegg knew about a series of complaints against the party’s former chief executive Lord Rennard broadcast by Channel 4 News.
Two more women have contacted Channel 4 News with claims of sexual impropriety by Lord Rennard. But the former Lib Dem chief executive strongly denies them.
The Lib Dems launch a review of how they handle allegations of harassment following allegations made to Channel 4 News of sexual impropriety over a number of years by Lord Rennard.
Proportional voting has helped independents in the police commissioner polls – ask Kevin Hurley, the Zero Tolerance candidate who has just become Surrey’s new police commissioner.
Along with the politicians, press and party members, the Lib Dem conference will be awash with think tanks hoping to make their mark. But how do they influence policy and which appeal to Lib Dems?
Anybody worth more than £1m faces coming under scrutiny from inspectors in a fresh crackdown on tax avoidance announced by Liberal Democrat Treasury Chief Secretary Danny Alexander.
Plebs looks set to be the word to dominate both the Liberal Democrat and Labour conferences over the next fortnight. Which Lib Dem will get there first? Who will proudly confess to being a pleb?
The president of the Lib Dems labels alleged comments made by Chief Whip Andrew Mitchell berating police as “beyond unacceptable”.