Councils should be set free from depending on Whitehall funding by raising three-quarters of their money locally, Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg said today in a speech to the Local Government Association Conference in Bournemouth.
Speaking ahead of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the NHS, Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg has criticised the Government's record of waste and inefficient centralised control in the health service, which has led to widening health inequalities.
The Government's 'one size fits all' approach to schools will today be accused of failing thousands of pupils by not providing a personalised education by Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg.
Radical transport proposals to significantly increase long-term rail investment, introduce road user pricing to tackle pollution and congestion and hand control of buses back to local authorities have been launched today by the Liberal Democrats.
The Home Affairs Select Committee has called for proper safeguards on the plans for compulsory ID cards to stop "function creep" threatening privacy. It wants a guarantee that the scheme will not be expanded without MPs' approval. The government says
Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg has warned that England's schools are heading for a "funding squeeze". In a speech at the Institute for Public Policy Research, Mr Clegg said education is a key priority for the Liberal Democrats. " Labour's
Sir Menzies Campbell used his first parliamentary speech since resigning as the Liberal Democrat leader to issue a rallying call to MPs to accept that their duty to protect freedom "transcends all of our other responsibilities".
Road tax and fuel duty should be axed - but drivers would then be charged up to 12p a kilometre - under plans put forward by Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg. The most polluting vehicles would incur a higher "showroom
Speaking at a joint press event with Greenpeace Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg said that companies that "green" their premises with energy-saving improvements should be offered a rebate or reduced bill. He said that he could see the "green" business
Liberal Democrat Leader, Nick Clegg today called for tax cuts for low and middle-income earners after a decade of tax hikes and unprecedented public spending rises.
Failure in Afghanistan would be "devastating" while the Nato mission was "hanging in the balance", Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg has said on a visit. Speaking during his first trip there, Mr Clegg warned that without lasting peace and stability
The government's planned legislation is a "ragbag of proposals" at the end of a "dreadful week" for the Prime Minister", said Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg. He said it was just the latest in a long list of re-organisations by
Commenting on the Chancellor's plans to compensate low paid workers who lost out when the 10p income tax rate was abolished, Liberal Democrat Shadow Chancellor, Vince Cable said:
Government departments are failing to reduce unnecessary travel or investigate green alternatives to air travel. The Tandberg report, published today, found departments are failing to adequately record travel and rarely ask civil servants to justify their journeys, for example by
Labour have called the Crewe and Nantwich by-election for May 22nd, just three weeks time. Labour's chief whip, moved the writ in Parliament today. This is eight days ahead of the funeral of Gwyneth Dunwoody, the Labour MP whose death
Today was the day when local LibDem Euro-MP Liz Lynne was supposed to welcome a delegation from the Sikh Federation in the West Midlands to the European Parliament, but it finished as a protest outside the building when, for the
Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg has praised the party's strong performance in the local elections. Gordon Brown said it had been a "bad and disappointing" election for Labour, as the party suffered its worst council results in at least 40
The Liberal Democrats have called for the inquiry into the Al Yamamah arms deal to be reopened and not just reviewed. Dick Oliver, chairman of BAE Systems', this morning signalled he would welcome a case review but the Liberal Democrats
Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader and Shadow Chancellor Vince Cable officially opened the party's campaign headquarters in Crewe today, with campaigning for the Crewe and Nantwich by-election now fully underway. Dr Cable appeared alongside the Liberal Democrat candidate Elizabeth Shenton for
