20 Most Recent News Stories

Carmichael backs calls for changes to farm penalty rules

Mon 15th Mar 2010

Orkney and Shetland MP Alistair Carmichael has warned Ministers that retrospective changes to the penalty system for breaches of EU animal control regulations are unfair and could leave Northern Isles farmers out of pocket.

Nick Clegg's speech to the Liberal Democrats conference

Sun 14th Mar 2010

Shall I tell you the one phrase that bothers me more than any other? It’s this.

Nick Clegg speech to Liberal Democrat Spring Conference

Sun 14th Mar 2010

Shall I tell you the one phrase that bothers me more than any other? It’s this.

Liberal Democrats back green stimulus package

Sun 14th Mar 2010

The plans will play a vital part in a fair recovery that locks in investment and ensures a path of low-carbon growth.

Liberal Democrats pass plans to clean up politics

Sun 14th Mar 2010

The proposals include:

Chris Huhne speech to Liberal Democrat Conference

Sun 14th Mar 2010

The full text of the speech is below:

Liberal Democrats back fairer taxes

Sat 13th Mar 2010

These plans would see the average person’s income tax bill cut by £700. Pensioners would be £100 better off and 3.6m people would no longer have to pay any income tax at all.

Sarah Teather speech to Liberal Democrat Spring Conference

Sat 13th Mar 2010

The full text of the speech is below:

Nick Clegg's Conference Leader's Q & A

Sat 13th Mar 2010

We need a new UN body to break the climate deadlock says Hughes

Sat 13th Mar 2010

The authority would sit in permanent session and bring coherence to efforts to reach a binding and enforceable agreement on emissions cuts.

Vince Cable speech to Liberal Democrat Spring Conference

Sat 13th Mar 2010

In his speech, Vince Cable said that the Liberal Democrats are the party of fiscal responsibility and fairer taxes.

Liberal Democrats call for fair start for children

Sat 13th Mar 2010

The proposals include: An extra £2.5bn investment in schools to reduce class sizes, improve discipline and provide more one-to-one tuition to help struggling pupils, paid as a pupil premium to schools for each of the poorest 1m children they teach

Liberal Democrats call for end to child detention

Sat 13th Mar 2010

Commenting, Liberal Democrat Shadow Home Secretary, Chris Huhne said:

Danny Alexander gives speech to Spring Conference

Sat 13th Mar 2010

The full text of the speech is below:

Fred Mackintosh speaks out against detention of children in immigration centres

Sat 13th Mar 2010

Speaking in a debate at Liberal Democrat Federal Conference in Birmingham today Liberal Democrat Candidate in the key marginal seat of Edinburgh South, Fred Mackintosh, spoke out against the detention of the children of asylum seekers and their transfer to Yarl's Wood from Dungaval.

Vince Cable speech to Liberal Democrat Spring Conference

Sat 13th Mar 2010

In his speech, Vince Cable will say that the Liberal Democrats are the party of fiscal responsibility and fairer taxes.

This will be the biggest fight of our political lives says Clegg

Fri 12th Mar 2010

Extracts from the speech are below:

Longest serving Tory in Europe joins the Liberal Democrats

Fri 12th Mar 2010

Edward McMillan-Scott, the Conservative’s most senior MEP, has joined the Liberal Democrats.

Lyon: Longannet takes next step in reaching CCS potential

Fri 12th Mar 2010

George Lyon, Liberal Democrat MEP for Scotland, has welcomed the news that Longannet Power Station in Fife has been selected as one of the UK's two sites for development of carbon capture and storage technology (CCS).