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Lib Dems Pressured To Split Coalition And Vote For Robin Hood Tax

2013-06-18T06:02:25Z

Labour has cooked up a scheme to get Lib Dem MPs to vote against the government on Tuesday, by forcing a vote on the principle of a Financial Transact...

Read more: Robin Hood Tax, Nick Clegg, UK News, Chris Leslie, George Osborne, Financial Transactions Tax, Lib Dems, UK Politics News

Lib Dem Peer Lord Rennard Quizzed Over Sexual Harassment Allegations

2013-06-16T10:35:52Z

The senior Liberal Democrat peer Lord Rennard has been interviewed by police under caution over allegations he sexually harassed women party activists...

Read more: Lord Rennard Allegations, UK News, UK Police, Nick Clegg, Jo Swinson, Lord Rennard, Lib Dems, UK News

Could Cameron Face Coalition Backlash Over Syria Rebels?

2013-06-16T04:47:19Z

David Cameron is facing rumblings of discontent in his own party and among coalition colleagues over action being taken to aid the Syrian opposition, ...

Read more: Syria Rebels, UK News, David Cameron, UK Politics, Nick Clegg, Vladimir Putin, Barack Obama, Syria, Liberal Democrats, Danny Alexander, UK News

Carla Buzasi: The Week That Was: A Time and Place

2013-06-16T19:00:00Z

We are all living through history; that much is certain. There are, however, specific times or incidents when it is possible to imagine the school lessons in decades to come, when pupils will be studying with rabid intensity the very events unfolding around us right now. The saga of Prism, or the saga of Edward Snowden as Hollywood will surely repackage it, has to be one such event. With a script to rival a new Bourne movie, the 'spy story of the age' as the Guardian prefix it, has all the hallmarks of a milestone in global history.

Read more: No More Page Three Campaign, Tessa Jowell, Edward Snowden, Caroline Lucas, UK Politics, Nick Clegg, UK Media, Question Time, Prism, Syria, Boris Johnson, UK News

WATCH: Boris Says Clegg Is Just David Cameron's 'Cup Holder'

2013-06-14T04:20:17Z

Nick Clegg should get a proper job, Boris Johnson has said.

Speaking on LBC radio on Friday morning, the Tory mayor of London hit back at the Lib D...

Read more: Nick Clegg, Conservative Party, UK Diary, Video, UK News, Lbc, Liberal Democrats, Boris Johnson, UK Politics News

Melissa Davis: When Private Communications Go Viral - It Doesn't Matter Who You Are

2013-06-13T11:19:04Z

Given these very public examples of how risky it can be to commit anything to email that you might not be willing to shout out in public it's odd then that people still go ahead and do it. And perhaps odder still that someone who is about to start legal training would do so.

Read more: Legal Marketing, Clare Swire, Nick Clegg, Email, Joseph Dobbie, Law Firm, Christopher Graham, Crisis Communications, Legal Communications, UK-Tech-2013, UK Tech News

Nick Clegg: Boris Johnson Is A 'Slacker'

2013-06-13T06:30:00Z

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has labelled Boris Johnson a "slacker" for only agreeing to a monthly radio grilling.

Mr Clegg hosts a weekly 30-m...

Read more: Conservative Party, Nick Clegg, UK Diary, UK News, Lbc, David Cameron, Liberal Democrats, Boris Johnson, UK Politics News

PICTURE: Lib Dems Unusual Party Structure Revealed

2013-06-13T05:31:13Z

Everyone's talking about Helena Morrissey's report into the Liberal Democrats' handling of complaints of sexual harrassment - and not just because it ...

Read more: Funny Pictures, UK Politics, Nick Clegg, Pics & Giggles, Topicalol, Helena Morrissey, Spoof News, Liberal Democrats, Lord Rennard, Lib Dems, UK Comedy News

Nick Clegg Should Have Ordered Inquiry Into Lord Rennard Allegations, Report Finds

2013-06-12T11:07:34Z

Nick Clegg should have ordered a formal inquiry into allegations of sexual harassment against former Liberal Democrat chief executive Lord Rennard, th...

Read more: UK News, Nick Clegg, UK Diary, Jo Swinson, Liberal Democrats, Danny Alexander, Lib Dems, Lord Rennard, UK Politics News

Liz Bayram: Nick Clegg's Announcement on Childcare Ratio Reforms Is Welcome, But Greater Challenges for the Sector Remain

2013-06-11T05:29:22Z

Childcare professionals and families across the UK breathed a sigh of relief last week following Nick Clegg's decision to block Government plans to increase childcare ratios... Yet whilst the announcement is positive news, there remains a great deal of sector concern around other proposed reforms, which are equally concerning.

Read more: Childcare Costs, Childcare, Nick Clegg, UK Education, Elizabeth Truss, Parenting, Liz Truss, UK Politics, UK Politics News

Blocking Snoopers' Charter Could See Terrorists Go Free, Clegg Warned

2013-06-11T07:35:30Z

The Director of Prosecutions has warned Nick Clegg not to block new snooping powers, it has been reported.

Keir Starmer said there was a "real risk...

Read more: Dpp, Nick Clegg, Snoopers Charter, Intelligence, UK News, Snooping, Keir Starmer, UK Politics, UK Politics News

Both 2015 And 2020 Will Be 'Austerity Elections', Voters Warned

2013-06-07T08:15:53Z

Voters have been warned the public spending cuts begun under the coalition in 2010 could last for more than a decade, with both 2015 and 2020 being "a...

Read more: Nick Clegg, General Elections, Public Spending Cuts, UK News, Spending Cuts, George Osborne, David Cameron, Austerity, UK Politics News

Nick Clegg's Cojones

2013-06-06T04:52:50Z

Has Nick Clegg got his cojones back? On Thursday morning, the deputy prime minister killed off Tory plans to allow nursery staff and childminders to l...

Read more: David Cameron, Childcare, Coaliiton, Nick Clegg, Communications Bill, Liberal Democrats, Syria, Lib Dems, UK Politics News

Clegg Blocks Tory Childcare Reform To Let Childminders Watch More Children

2013-06-05T16:30:28Z

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has blocked Tory plans to allow nursery staff and childminders to look after more youngsters.

Loosening the rules ...

Read more: Nick Clegg, UK News, Liz Truss, Children, Childcare, Liberal Democrats, Childminders, UK Politics News

Lobbyist Register Could 'Break European Human Rights Law'

2013-06-05T05:14:01Z

The government's planned statuary register of lobbyists, announced in the wake of the latest cash for questions scandal, could breach lobbyists human ...

Read more: Nick Clegg, UK News, Public Affairs, Lobbying, David Cameron, Lobbyist, Public Relations, UK Politics News

Mehdi's Morning Memo: Now Child Benefit, Too? Really?

2013-06-05T02:03:51Z

The ten things you need to know on Wednesday 5 June 2013...

1) NOW CHILD BENEFIT, TOO? REALLY?

Remember how Labour frontbenchers condemned the c...

Read more: Crooks, Child Benefit, Nick Clegg, Rebels, John Bercow, Immigrants, Assad, Sarin, Carla Bruni, Boris Johnson, Austerity, Mehdis-Morning-Memo, Mehdi's Morning Memo, Ed Balls, Lord Dear, House of Lords, Gay Marriage, Syria, Labour, UK Politics News

Dr James Hannam: Eurosceptics Don't Know It But They Are Heading for Defeat

2013-06-03T16:04:13Z

Judging by their public utterances, many Eurosceptics imagine that if we have ever get a say on Europe, an "out" vote is in the bag. Well, it isn't. British voters are far more likely to decide on staying in. Let me explain why.

Read more: Eurosceptics, EU Referendum, Liberal Democrats, Nick Clegg, UK Conservative Party, David Cameron, UK Politics News

Nick Clegg Says 'Crooked And Lazy' Peers To Be Thrown Out Of Lords

2013-06-04T06:46:35Z

Nick Clegg has said he will move to kick "crooks" out of the House of Lords in the wake of the latest lobbying scandal.

Under the current rules pee...

Read more: House of Commons, UK News, House of Lords, Lobbying, Nick Clegg, Lords, UK Diary, Recall, UK Politics News

Tories Accused Of 'Shabby' Targeting Of Unions In Wake Of Lobbying Scandal

2013-06-03T11:34:55Z

David Cameron has been accused of mounting a "shabby" partisan attack on the Labour Party in the wake of the recent lobbying scandals after Downing St...

Read more: Political Reform, Nick Clegg, Patrick Mercer, UK News, Lobbying, David Cameron, Lobbyists, UK Politics News

Woolwich Attack: David Cameron Targets 'Conveyor Belt To Radicalisation'

2013-06-03T09:29:24Z

David Cameron has set up a new government task force on tackling extremism and radicalisation in the wake of the Woolwich attack that left soldier Lee...

Read more: Nick Clegg, Woolwich Attacks, Terror, UK News, UK Crime, George Osborne, Terrorism, Lee Rigby, David Cameron, Theresa May, UK Politics News

Peter Hain: Why Labour Is Wrong to Cut Winter Fuel Allowance for Wealthy Pensioners

2013-06-03T06:37:11Z

The attack on pensioners' allowances leaves a big question hovering over the future of the welfare state: is it for everyone, or just for the poor? William Beveridge's 1942 report, the cornerstone of our welfare system, advocated a universal and contribution-based welfare state in the laudable hope of cementing social solidarity.

Read more: Nick Clegg, Welfare, Pensioner, Winter Fuel Allowance, Tories, UK Issues, David Cameron, Labour, UK Politics News

Mehdi's Morning Memo: Bring It On, Says Assad

2013-05-31T02:59:57Z

The five things you need to know on Friday 31 May 2013...

1) BRING IT ON, SAYS ASSAD

Are our actions ratcheting up, our ratcheting down, the con...

Read more: Russia, Nick Clegg, Bashar Al Assad, Ehud Barak, Samantha Cameron, Stimulus, Danny Alexander, Austerity, Andy Coulson, Mehdis-Morning-Memo, Mehdi's Morning Memo, Ed Balls, Michael Gove, Ed Miliband, Snoopers Charter, Mike Hancock, Menzies Campbell, UK Politics News

Nick Clegg: Banning Extremists From TV Would Make Them 'Heroes'

2013-05-30T03:58:40Z

Banning extremists from television would only and increase their influence, Nick Clegg has said.

"If you try and brush people under the carpet what...

Read more: Freedom of Speech, Nick Clegg, Television, Anjem Choudary, UK News, Woolwich Attack, Liberal Democrats, Lib Dems, UK Politics News

Lib Dem MP Faces 'Disciplinary Procedures' Over Sexual Assault Claim

2013-05-30T03:20:42Z

Nick Clegg has invoked "disciplinary procedures" against a Liberal Democrat MP accused of sexual assault in a High Court civil action.

Mike Hancock...

Read more: Nick Clegg, Mike Hancock, UK News, UK Crime, Liberal Democrats, Lib Dems, UK Politics News

Google Boss 'Perplexed' by Debate Over Tax Avoidance

2013-05-27T05:57:37Z

Google boss Eric Schmidt today said he was "perplexed" by the debate over the company's tax affairs.

The internet giant's executive chairman insist...

Read more: Google, Public Accounts Committee, Margaret Hodge, Eric Schmidt, Nick Clegg, Ed Miliband, Tax Avoidance, Tax-Row, BBC Start the Week, UK Politics News