"We have punched above our weight in government because we have a democratic party which has clear principles and policies. In a few short months we have showed how we can advance our party's policies and principles while serving the wider national interest."
I have come to account to you, Conference, for the work I have been carrying out in the Coalition Government. I have managed to infuriate the bank bosses; acquire a fatwa from the revolutionary guards of the trades union movement; frighten the Daily Telegraph with a progressive graduate payment; and upset very rich people who are trying to dodge British taxes. I must be doing something right.
Cllr David Foster has called on the two ex "For Darwen" councillors to resign and put their case to the electorate. He said,"Now they have decided to support Labour and change their party label they should have the decency to let the people of Earcroft if they want them as their councillors under their new label."
The exclusion of Trident from the Strategic Defence and Security Review is now untenable; it should be included and receive the scrutiny which strategic, political and financial circumstances demand.
Liberal Democrats at County Hall have reacted with shock at the extent of the cuts being planned by the ruling Conservative administration. The council have announced spending cuts of £122m as a result of central government funding cuts and other "cost pressures" of £100m.
The decision by the Coalition Government to put into action Liberal Democrat policies to clean up politics has been welcomed by Liberal Democrat campaigners in Wolverhampton.