Crick’s picks: the six knights of the Lib Dems
A senior Liberal Democrat was chuckling to me that Sir Bob’s title seems to have done the trick though. Russell was quite a backbench rebel before his trip to Buckingham Palace.
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Nick Clegg changes his previous statement on the reasons for Lord Rennard’s resignation as party chief executive in 2008, saying rumours about the peer were “in the background”.
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.
Nick Clegg admits he had been aware of “indirect and non-specific concerns” regarding Lord Rennard but, as Cathy Newman writes, there are still plenty of questions for the deputy prime minister.
Money from the UK’s official aid budget could be used to fund military operations to stabilise war-torn states says David Cameron. And aid agencies agree – up to a point.
Starbucks pledges to pay around £20m in corporation tax over the next two years after being accused of “immorally” slashing its tax bill.
Government plans to cut spending in Whitehall departments and invest an extra £5bn in schools and other capital projects will “make our country work better”, says David Cameron.
Ahead of his Conservative Party conference speech outlining how the government intends to axe £10bn from the welfare budget, the chancellor says the wealthy will bear the “broadest burden”.
Chancellor George Osborne targets the under-25s and parents in a new blitz on welfare claimants announced at the Conservative conference.
In a speech aimed at boosting Lib Dem members’ morale, Nick Clegg announces that Paddy Ashdown will lead the party’s election campaign and outlines the party’s difference from its coalition partners.
A senior Liberal Democrat was chuckling to me that Sir Bob’s title seems to have done the trick though. Russell was quite a backbench rebel before his trip to Buckingham Palace.
What is the mood of the Liberal Democrat party, halfway through the coalition? Channel 4 News is asking three key questions of delegates at the autumn party conference.
Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg hopes some crowd-pleasing new policy can help him shelter from the storm of poor poll ratings at his party conference.
Parents and grandparents will be allowed to draw on their pension pots to secure deposits for young family members in a bid to boost home ownership, Nick Clegg says.
Nick Clegg arrived at the Brighton Conference Centre a short while ago – shaking two police officers by the hand as he got out of the car … does he always do that or is it a special post-“pleb” innovation?
It might seem a bit rough that David Laws and Vince Cable have been sent out to apologise for the tuition fees policy in the 2010 manifesto.