Nick Clegg lavished praise on disgraced former Cabinet minister Chris Huhne as an "effective" and "outstanding" politician. The Deputy Prime Minist...

Former Liberal Democrat leader Lord Ashdown joked with activists at the party's Spring conference that the Chris Huhne scandal does not mean "they've ...

No policy is perfect nor can it ever deliver only the desired outcomes; unintended consequences are a fact of political life. However the several drawbacks of raising personal income tax allowances raises the question of whether it is the right policy to frame the fairness of the Liberal Democrats, their successes in Government and their future objectives.

Now admittedly, this was my first party conference but as the train wheezed into Brighton station and I peered through my rain-spattered window at the black clouds being tossed about the seaside sky, I remember thinking what an apposite congregation of vapours it was to herald a Lib Dem conference at this particular moment in time.

Nick Clegg warned Liberal Democrats of more tough times ahead as he put them on a war footing before the 2015 general election. Setting out a bleak...

On the face of it this has been a pretty tepid, even dull, Lib Dem conference. No rows, cock-ups, or defeats. But it's probably been the most important party gathering since the special conference in May 2010 when the party dipped its hand in blood to sign the Coalition Agreement.

Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander will warn today there "could not be a worse time" for the Government to abandon its deficit reduction ...

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg today became a pop sensation after storming into the charts. After two years of languishing in the political polls...

It's the season for apologising. Over the past week we've seen quite a few public figures saying sorry for what was said, done or not done in the wak...

It must be hard being in the Liberal Democrats. Yes, I said it. I went there. But before you assume that I've donned a yellow tie, let me assure you that my favourite way of describing them is as not so much a political party, but more a terrible surprise party.

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has urged Scots to say "No" to independence before working to achieve more devolved power within the United Kingdom. ...

Some of the strange gestures deployed by our national politicians, and our wholly uninformed psychological interpretation... ...

I just got off the phone to a Conservative MP who hasn't bothered going to party conference this year. "So you just watched it on the TV instead, the...

Under Ed Miliband's leadership Labour has consistently polled 6-7% over the Conservatives. While this will please both his inner-circle and delegates alike, there is widespread acceptance that this would not be reflected at the polls were an election held tomorrow.

For Chris Huhne and Lib Dem party activists, associating their coalition partners with the much despised American right is just about the worst slur in the liberal book.

On Saturday the 17th September, the Liberal Democrat conference passed a motion on the reform of the House of Lords. One of the amendments in particular is very relevant to increasing the numbers of women the UK Houses of Parliament.

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For the Liberal Democrats as much as any other other party, blogging is generally a grassroots activity. It was something of a surprise, then, that...

Less than half (47 per cent) of the people that voted for the Liberal Democrats in 2010 would vote for the party today, according to a Sunday Mirror/I...

Nick Clegg has delivered a rallying call to the party faithful at the LibDem conference in Birmingham. In a speech to kick off the five-day event,...

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has warned his coalition partners that he is determined to stop the proposed abolition of the 50p tax rate. Clegg ...