Liberal Democrats

...Minister Phil Woolas said the situation arose from the fact that immigration is a reserved matter for UK Ministers, and dismissed Lib Dem claims that "semantics" were undermining the immigration system. Earlier this year the National Audit...

In this article: UK Border Agency

...over Labour. A calculation based on five wards fought both times by all three major parties gives a line-up of C 36.4 per cent, Lib Dem 27.5 per cent, Lab 26.1 per cent. Liberal Democrat Edith Longden gained at Blackbrook, High Peak...

In this article: Tories, Liverpool, and Alveston

...wave of hostility from the drinks industry, including the Scotch Whisky Association - and the retail sector. Labour, the Tories and the Lib Dems also raised concerns that the measure, contained in the Alcohol Bill, was illegal under...

In this article: Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland, Nationalist, The Times, British Medical Association, and Faculty of Public Health

...flawed". The party said it would set up its own commission to study alcohol pricing. The Liberal Democrats and the Tories have already said they opposed the proposals for minimum pricing. If passed, the SNP proposals would give...

In this article: Tories, Scotland, and BBC

...their work, saying that Sir John had been "given the freedom to conduct an inquiry in the way he wants". The Liberal Democrats said they would keep up the pressure on Mr Brown to tear up the agreement to allow more documents to be disclosed.

In this article: Iraq, Whitehall, Gordon Brown, Iraq War, and Freedom of Information Act

...borrowing powers would not be a priority in his first term in office, given the parlous state of the public finances. But the Liberal Democrats want the Calman recommendations implemented straightaway, and accused the other two parties of...

In this article: David Cameron, Jim Murphy, Scotland, and Labour

...party with the second highest number of seats. Mr Clegg's intervention is a heavy blow to Gordon Brown, who has been working to entice the Lib Dems by pledging a referendum on reforming the voting system to allow proportional...

In this article: Nick Clegg, Tories, David Cameron, Labour, Gordon Brown, Eric Pickles, Andrew Marr, and Edward Heath

...it "an inevitable fact" that the party that has the strongest mandate should be allowed to try and govern. It had been speculated that the Lib Dems to look to do a deal with Labour if they held the balance of power. A new poll will have...

In this article: David Cameron, Nick Clegg, Labour, Gordon Brown, Democracy, Ken Clarke, British Airways, and Britain

Navigation - link to other main sections from here 'Fat cats' in public sector should share pain of recession says Lib Dem leader The burgeoning cost of Scotland's public bodies to the taxpayer was laid bare yesterday with the...

In this article: Lib Dem, Recession, Alex Salmond, Scottish Liberal Democrats, Scottish Water, Scotland, Glasgow Caledonian University, and University of Edinburgh