Liberal Democrats

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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

...the new year - VAT will return to 17.5 per cent on 1 January. Opposition politicians seized the opportunity to chastise the Government. Liberal Democrat shadow chancellor, Vince Cable, said: "It is clear that the UK finances are in a mess.

In this article: Alistair Darling, UK, Tax, Labour, Liberal Democrat, and Ed Balls

...her constituents' letters, while some MSPs continue to charge mortgage interest on their second homes. They include many senior Liberal Democrats, despite Nick Clegg, the UK's party leader, saying he disapproves of MPs "making a penny of...

In this article: Roseanna Cunningham, Annabelle Ewing, Nick Clegg, Tax, and Scottish Liberal Democrat

...for governing, while the Conservative Opposition said it was a programme for electioneering, and the Liberal Democrats argued that it was a complete waste of time and should not be happening at all. In their own way, all three were right.

In this article: Waste, Child poverty, House of Lords, Still Life, and Gordon Brown

...spent on international development aid, has become with Labour a promise, and will in future become a law". Following the Queen's Speech, Lib Dem international development spokesman Michael Moore said: "Gordon Brown made a firm commitment...

In this article: Labour, Lib Dem, Bob Geldof, Gordon Brown, Tories, and Douglas Alexander

...State Opening of Parliament. But not everyone is caught up in the excitement of the occasion. Writing in yesterday's Independent, the Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg called on the government to cut out the "glitz and glamour" and get on...

In this article: Nick Clegg, Labour Party, House of Lords, Prince Philip, and Robert Catesby

...Underground staff benefited from GBP6,467,135 paid out in response to increased customer satisfaction. In a written answer to Lib Dem leader Mike Tuffrey, the mayor admitted that in 2008-09, even after excluding the awards for Metronet...

In this article: Boris Johnson, Transport for London, London, Recession, Kelly Brook, Customer satisfaction, Metronet, and London Underground

Their intervention could have a decisive impact on the outcome of the next election as the Liberal Democrats may stand down candidates where they are trailing in third place. Terry Waite, a former envoy to the Archbishop of Canterbury...

In this article: Martin Bell, Hazel Blears, Terry Waite, David Ruffley, Labour, Richard Taylor, Geoff Hoon, Alistair Darling, and The Daily Telegraph

However, the Conservative Party branded Labour's approach to tackling the unemployment crisis as "confused and incoherent". The Liberal Democrats said the programme was a "drop in the ocean". The GBP40m will be distributed via the...

In this article: Unemployment, John Denham, Labour, Recession, Conservative Party, Theresa May, and England