Gary Gibbon
Why Nick Clegg talked to Blair and Mandelson
Gary Gibbon on why Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg felt compelled to call Tony Blair, Peter Mandelson and David Miliband in recent weeks.
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Clegg: ‘we’re not the party of the protest vote’
Nick Clegg insists the Liberal Democrats are no longer a party of protest as he urges activists to attack the Tories.
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What are the Lib Dems doing about Rennard claims?
As the Lib Dem spring conference is overshadowed by the recent allegations about the behaviour of Lord Rennard, Cathy Newman finds there are still many unanswered questions.
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Lib Dem conference begins amid controversy
Liberal Democrats are gathering for their spring conference today with the party wracked by more damaging controversy.
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Will George Osborne’s ‘cuts’ go anywhere?
The implication is clear enough: George Osborne believes benefit claimants should think long and hard before having children – or risk losing some of their state support.
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Nick Clegg’s Lib Dem marching band (yes, autotuned)
Lib Dems marching towards the sound of gunfire? That’s what Nick Clegg told the party conference in Brighton, so we’ve given Soldier Nick a military soundtrack to match.
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Gary Gibbon
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Clegg warns Osborne that top rate tax is staying
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.
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Clegg promises extra help for secondary school children
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg will announce a “catch-up premium” for 11 and 12-year-olds in danger of falling behind in their first year of secondary school.
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Michael Crick
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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Liberal Democrat conference: Three more questions
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.
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Alexander: We will not abandon debt plans
Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander warns there “could not be a worse time” for the government to abandon its deficit reduction strategy.
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Clegg: Political pledges not guaranteed
Liberal Democrat leader and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg tells Channel 4 News political parties will need to be upfront about the fact they cannot achieve all their aims in coalition government.
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Cable ‘right to prepare’ for hung parliament – pollster
With Business Secretary Vince Cable telling his party that another hung parliament is likely at the next election, Channel 4 News asks a YouGov pollster if he is right.
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Age ‘not an issue’ in leadership, says Cable
Business Secretary Vince Cable tells Channel 4 News he is not too old to be Liberal Democrat leader – although he also maintains he supports Nick Clegg wholeheartedly.
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Cable unveils business bank to boost lending
A new “business bank” will be handed £1bn of taxpayers’ money in a bid to kick-start lending to small and medium-sized British firms, Business Secretary Vince Cable announces.
