Nick Clegg's speech at Spring Conference
"Vote for what you believe in… or you will wake up on May 7th facing another five years of more of the same," said the Liberal Democrat Leader.
14 Mar 2010
National News
Conservatives reject Liberal Democrat proposals to adopt the Community Infrastructure Levy
Spelthorne's Conservative-run Council has passed up the chance of receiving hundreds of thousands of pounds from developers to help pay for amenity areas, parks, playgrounds and recycling, despite being urged to do so by the Liberal Democrat group on the Council.
14 Mar 2010
Celebrating diversity at Spring Conference in Birmingham
On Saturday 13 March, members and supporters of DELGA, the Lib Dem lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender campaign group, joined forces with Ethnic Minority Liberal Democrats, Campaign for Gender Balance, Women Liberal Democrats, and Lib Dem Disability Association to hold a reception to celebrate and promote the equalities agenda within the party.
14 Mar 2010
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Liberal Democrats back fairer taxes
Liberal Democrat Spring Conference today backed plans to increase the threshold at which people start paying income tax from current levels to £10,000.
14 Mar 2010
Fair, Local and Responsive Politics
Good morning conference this is a very wide ranging motion that will when implemented completely change the face of politics in Britain. And I say 'when implemented' deliberately. This motion must implemented not just because we as Liberal Democrats we think it will be a jolly good idea but because this country needs a step change in the way we do politics, the current political system is broken.
DG
14 Mar 2010
Farage behaves like school bully
With the issue of bullying featuring high on the British media's agenda, the European Parliament has also witnessed its own recent shocking bout of childish, playground name-calling by UKIP's Nigel Farage MEP.
14 Mar 2010