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We Won't Flinch In Cutting The Deficit

2013-03-16T10:29:22Z

The Liberal Democrats in coalition will continue to be "unflinching" in the pursuit of deficit reduction, Danny Alexander has said.

The Chief Secre...

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Alan Wager: 'England Does Not Love Coalitions' (But It Will Have to Get Used to Them)

2012-09-26T19:00:00Z

Nick Clegg may feel rightly aggrieved that a coalition he continues to see as courageous and necessary - for both his party and the country at large - now seems to be an unheralded disaster.

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Baroness Williams Blasts Nick Clegg For Firing Lib Dem Ministers

2012-09-25T09:27:34Z

BRIGHTON - Veteran Lib Dem peer Baroness Williams, the darling of the party, has criticised Nick Clegg's decision to sack three ministers in the recen...

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'There Could Not Be A Worse Time To Abandon Austerity'

2012-09-25T02:26:55Z

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 ...

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Callum Jones: Lib Dem Conference - the 'Proalition' Politics of Power

2012-09-24T19:00:00Z

In the digital age, over a million people watched Clegg's tuition fees apology - original or remixed - in four days. If a single lesson can be taken from the Deputy PM's chart success, it's that the power of the internet is not to be underestimated.

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Lord Ashdown: We Were Opportunistic With Tuition Fees Promise

2012-09-24T10:29:09Z

BRIGHTON - The Liberal Democrats were "opportunistic" in promising not to raise tuition fees, the party's former leader Paddy Ashdown has admitted.

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LOOK: New Lib Dem Logo

2012-09-24T07:53:52Z

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Liberal Democrat Party Apologises For Nick Clegg

Michael Gove IS T...

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Caragh Little: New Term, Old Ties

2012-09-22T11:20:02Z

Behind the rows of gleaming suited photos lies the real story of Party Conference season. In the uniformed ranks of colour-coded allegiance - a yellow tie this week, a red one next, a true blue one a week later still - are the million stories of all our years at school. From satchels to red boxes, Tupperware lunch boxes to hospitality buffets... the types are there.

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Vince Cable 'Most Trusted' Cabinet Minister By Lib Dem MPs

2012-09-23T17:54:34Z

BRIGHTON - Vince Cable's leadership ambitions, if he has them, received a boost today after a poll revealed he was the most trusted cabinet minster am...

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Ed Miliband's Policy Chief Says Lib Dems Have Done Good In Government

2012-09-23T09:56:28Z

Ed Miliband's policy chief has said he thinks the Liberal Democrats have been a force for good in government, contradicting Labour's usual line of att...

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Desperate 'Animals'

2012-09-23T13:27:26Z

Nick Clegg compared the press to "desperate" animals as he said the Government should fully accept the recommendations of the Leveson Inquiry into pre...

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Danny Alexander Announces Tax Crackdown On Anybody Worth More Than £1m

2012-09-23T03:33:16Z

Anybody worth more than £1 million faces coming under scrutiny from inspectors in a fresh crackdown on tax avoidance announced by Liberal Democrat Tr...

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Lords Reform Executioners Should Be Banned From Getting Peerages, Say Lib Dems

2012-09-22T19:49:17Z

BRIGHTON - MPs who successfully blocked plans to create an elected House of Lords should be banned from being given a peerage as punishment, the Liber...

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'Lib Dems For Romney' Mugs On Sale At Party Conference

2012-09-22T17:26:32Z

BRIGHTON - It is tradition that foreign government's steer clear of commenting on American elections, in case they risk annoying the man they end up h...

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Nick Clegg: 'The Lib Dems Have Not Sold Out'

2012-09-22T12:26:19Z

BRIGHTON - Nick Clegg has insisted the Liberal Democrats have not "sold out" by forming a coalition with the Conservatives in order to get into govern...

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Simon Hughes: The Lib Dems Are In It With The Tories Until The Bitter End

2012-09-22T08:56:43Z

The Liberal Democrats are wedded to the Tories until the bitter end, the party's deputy leader Simon Hughes has insisted.

In an interview with The ...

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"I Don't Have To Say The Government Is Wonderful Because I'm Not In The Government"

2012-09-22T06:32:37Z

Simon Hughes looks refreshed and recharged, after spending the summer break first in north Wales and then Barcelona – “My favourite city.” He gr...

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David Laws Announces £100m Of Extra Summer School Funding

2012-09-22T11:07:25Z

The Government has announced £100 million of extra funding to pay for summer schools for disadvantaged youngsters.

In the first keynote speech of ...

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Nick Clegg Says I'm Sorry (The Autotune Remix) Storms Apple ITunes Chart

2012-09-22T10:14:51Z

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg today became a pop sensation after storming into the charts.

After two years of languishing in the political polls...

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David Laws: Pupil Premium To Rise To £900 A Year

2012-09-21T17:05:08Z

The Government's "pupil premium" is making a real difference to children from the poorest families, Education Minister David Laws will insist today as...

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Nick Clegg Tells Tories, Increase Taxes On The Rich Or No More Cuts

2012-09-22T02:57:46Z

Further benefit cuts must be balanced by extra taxes on the rich, Nick Clegg said today as he sought to bolster his leadership at the start of a poten...

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Nick Clegg: I'm Not Sorry For Saying Sorry

2012-09-21T16:59:45Z

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has insisted he has no regrets over saying sorry for his party's tuition fee pledge despite the video apology being w...

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Liberal Democrat Conference 2012: Live Updates From Brighton (Watch Out For Seagulls)

2012-09-21T11:29:26Z

Oh! we do like to be beside the seaside we do like to be beside the sea! we do like to stroll upon the Prom, Prom, Prom! Where the brass bands play: "...

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Jim Smallman: Making The Party (Conference) Season Better

2012-09-19T15:41:58Z

I heard talk of the current session of parliament ending ready for party conference season, making me think back to when I worked in an office and the three weeks leading up to our Christmas shindig was a nightmare of people preparing for our get together like it was the only time they'd ever been to a party.

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Dr Prateek Buch: A Liberal, Democratic Conference That Supports a Fairer, More Sustainable Political Economy

2012-09-18T06:33:34Z

Following the gathering of evidence from experts in their fields, conference will debate several substantive motions on housing, socio-economic inequality, sources of sustainable prosperity and jobs and workplace democracy.

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