Farage sinks a pint… and a party’s hopes?
Ukip’s success at the polls threatens the Conservatives, but also poses a bigger challenge to Labour and the Liberal Democrats than previously thought.
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A review of Britain’s nuclear deterrent, led by the Liberal Democrats, rejects alternatives to the submarine-based Trident system as too costly.
Ukip’s success at the polls threatens the Conservatives, but also poses a bigger challenge to Labour and the Liberal Democrats than previously thought.
David Cameron’s team say they won concessions from Labour and the Liberal Democrats in negotiations over press regulation. But history may judge that it was Mr Cameron whose bluff was called.
David Cameron welcomes agreement on press regulation, saying it is not a “press law”. But Labour and Liberal Democrats say the deal involves a royal charter backed by law. So what was agreed?
With David Cameron’s proposals set against rival plans by Labour and the Liberal Democrats, the prime minister has 48 hours to sell his vision of press regulation.
Nick Clegg insists the Liberal Democrats are no longer a party of protest as he urges activists to attack the Tories.
Liberal Democrats are gathering for their spring conference today with the party wracked by more damaging controversy.
As the Liberal Democrats mark a quarter of a century as a party, Channel 4 News looks at the highs and lows under four leaders and five general elections.
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg says he had been aware of “indirect and non-specific concerns” in 2008 about alleged inappropriate behaviour by Liberal Democrats’ former chief executive Lord Rennard.
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.
A handful of Liberal Democrats threatened to vote no – but the government has seen off a challenge to its plans for a real terms cut in benefit payments.
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg defends the Liberal Democrats’ record in government, saying they ensured that welfare cuts were less “draconian” than the Conservatives wanted.
Ukip’s popularity with voters has nudged 10 per cent this year, making the party more popular than the Liberal Democrats at times.
Accounts for the political parties published today by the Electoral Commission show a fall in membership for the Liberal Democrats. But Michael Crick writes that Labour has little to cheer about either.
‘The Liberal Democrats have long had a quirky system where every couple of years members at their annual conference elect a panel of names for the party’s future peerages.’