Michael Crick
The return of the nasty party?
While David Cameron has been keen to detoxify his party since he became leader in 2005, the Conservative’s campaign literature in Eastleigh suggests a different message.
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Lord Rennard allegations are ‘shocking’
Cathy Newman interviews Tim Farron, president of the Liberal Democrat party, over what the party is doing to investigate allegations of sexual impropriety against Lord Rennard.
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Lib Dems: allegations of sexual impropriety
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.
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Nick Clegg refuses to apologise for Chris Huhne
As Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg hits the campaign trail in Eastleigh, the former seat of the disgraced MP Chris Huhne, he refuses to say sorry to voters for Mr Huhne’s behaviour.
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Gay marriage bill passed, despite Tory opposition
The government’s gay marriage bill is approved by the Commons, but a televised statement from David Cameron fails to stop scores of Conservative MPs from voting against the legislation.
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Gary Gibbon
Huhne, Clegg and the by-election
Criminal convictions and Liberal politics must spell appalling trouble for the leadership, mustn’t they? Maybe, maybe not.
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Jackie Long
What if people can’t – or won’t – pay council tax?
It’s hard not to avoid a subtext in the government’s new council tax support scheme, that it’s part of a move to encourage – or push – people back into work.
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Gary Gibbon
Boundary decision day tomorrow
MPs vote tomorrow on the boundary review – pitting Tories against Lib Dems, with rumours that the Conservatives have cut a deal with the Democratic Unionists to bring them on side.
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Michael Crick
When Davey was kicked out of Commons over EU referendum
Michael Crick casts his mind back to 2008 when one Lib Dem MP was “kicked out” of the commons for demanding an EU referendum – how times change.
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Nick Clegg attacks Cameron Europe speech
David Cameron’s pledge to hold a referendum on Britain’s membership of the European Union is criticised by his Liberal Democrat coalition partners.
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Michael Crick
Cameron promises to cram yet more peers into the Lords
As David Cameron reveals plans to announce a number of new peers before the summer in line with the coalition agreement, Michael Crick looks at how bloated the House of Lords could become.
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Michael Crick
Cameron: exclude Farage from TV debates
Include UKIP in televised debates? No thanks, David Cameron says, as Michael Crick reports.
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Could Britain end up leaving the EU? The key questions
The prospect of Britain pulling out of the European Union is now being openly discussed in capitals across the world. Why is this happening now?
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Coalition accused of burying bad news as audit published
The government publishes a 119-page audit of its record in power and faces Labour accusations of broken promises and trying to cover up its failings.
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Government sees off rebellion over cuts in benefit payments
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.
