Liberal Democrats
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Cost of providing free care for elderly up 11 per cent...public spending falls in the coming years. In 2003-04, when the flagship policy was launched by the Labour-Lib Dem coalition, the costs for free care at home amounted to GBP129 million a year. Last year, 2007-08, they were GBP257... In this article: Labour, Scotland, Lib Dem, Gordon Brown, England, and London |
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Wales Online | 7 days ago
Brown's early dress rehearsal for the looming election
...rehearsal for the general election". He added: "Labour are abusing their position in Government by introducing gimmicky, inconsequential and unnecessary Bills in a bid to gain some column inches. " TUC general secretary Brendan Barber...
In this article: Labour, David Cameron, Plaid Cymru, TUC, and Elfyn Llwyd
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BBC News | November 12, 2009
Budget 'not helping in recession'
...the economic downturn, according to the assembly's finance committee. Its report is backed by the Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrat members of the committee. The assembly government said it welcomes the committee's scrutiny...
In this article: Recession, Andrew Davies, Labour, Wales, and Liberal Democrat
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Times Online | November 15, 2009
It would be wrong for Brown to try to cling on
...but by-elections can have greater impact. The latest opinion poll, taken by ICM for The Independent on Sunday, gives Labour 25 per cent, the Conservatives 39 per cent and the Liberal Democrats 17. That is only a single poll, a snapshot of...
In this article: Labour Party, Gordon Brown, Harold Wilson, The Times, William Rees-Mogg, House of Commons, The Sunday Times, Glasgow, and Britain
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scotsman.com - Politics | 6 days ago
Ian Swanson: Despite only a brief mention in the Queen's speech, the future of devolution is a key consideration for every political party
...the general election, there is a risk nothing will happen afterwards. The Tories were joint sponsors of the Calman commission along with Labour and the Liberal Democrats. The Lib Dems have always wanted devolution to go further but after an...
In this article: Tax, Labour, Tories, Scotland, David Mundell, and NATO
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Clegg says election 'not shoo-in'
...Clegg: The British people are the kingmakers Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg has welcomed a new opinion poll in The Observer that he says suggests the next general election will not be a "shoo-in". The Ipsos Mori poll of 1,006 people suggests...
In this article: David Cameron, Labour, Gordon Brown, Democracy, Recession, Lib Dem, Hilary Benn, and Afghanistan
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Clegg delivers blow to Brown despite poll boost for Labour
...for Labour Nick Clegg has made clear the Liberal Democrats will only support the largest party in the Commons in the event of a hung Parliament, which would put David Cameron in Downing Street according to the latest polls. As an Ipsos...
In this article: Nick Clegg, Labour, David Cameron, Ken Clarke, Tories, First World War, and Downing Street
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Government faces co-operation call
...committee set-up, under Calman's recommendations. The meeting was also attended by Tory shadow Scottish secretary David Mundell, Lib Dem leader Tavish Scott and Labour leader Iain Gray. Mr Gray said the Calman process was a "unique...
In this article: Jim Murphy, All rights reserved, Lib Dem, David Mundell, Labour, and Alex Salmond
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Key services 'would pay the GBP9m price of SNP's referendum'
...been identified. And both Labour and the Liberal Democrats gave a broad hint that they might use the technical funding issue as an excuse to vote down a referendum bill, even though both parties are opposed to one anyway. Scottish Liberal...
In this article: John Swinney, Labour, Scottish Liberal Democrat, and Jeremy Purvis
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Guardian | 1 day ago
Labour-Tory alliance on Scotland fails
...on Monday, St Andrew's Day, before publishing a bill on the referendum early in 2010. He hopes to wrong foot Labour, the Tories and the Liberal Democrats by confirming the Scottish National party would be happy to hold a multi-option...
In this article: Labour, Tories, Scotland, David Cameron, Alex Salmond, United Kingdom, Tax, and Jim Murphy
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The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems or just Liberals, are a centrist/centre-left political party in the United Kingdom, formed in 1988 by a merger of the Liberal Party and the Social Democratic Party; the two parties had been in alliance for seven years, from shortly after the formation of the SDP. The party's leader is Nick Clegg.
The Lib Dems are the third-largest party in the UK Parliament, behind Labour and the Conservatives. There are 63 Lib Dem Members of Parliament (MPs) – 62 were elected at the 2005 general election, and one in the Dunfermline and West Fife by-election, 2006. The Scottish Liberal Democrats formed a coalition Scottish Executive with Labour in the first two sessions of the Scottish Parliament, and the Welsh party were in a coalition with Labour in the National Assembly for Wales from 2001 to 2003.
Promoting social liberalism, Lib Dems seek to minimise state intervention in personal affairs: they oppose what they call the 'nanny state'. Their president's book of office is John Stuart Mill's On Liberty, which defined the harm principle of law. While objecting to state limitations of individual rights, they favour a welfare state that provides for the necessities and amenities of life.
- Name:
- Liberal Democrats
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- Colors:
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