From The Morning Star newspaper As I write, the Con Dem Government is comprehensively voting down in the House of Commons various amendments passed a couple of weeks ago in the House of Lords which would have partially mollified some of the harshest aspects of the new Welfare Act. These amendments included extending from one to two years the period of time people previously on Incapacity Benefit would keep the new Employment Support Allowance before it becomes means-tested (at which point, if...Read Full Story
Read More:- Lansley Must Go, Says Lib Dem MP Lansley Must Go, Says Lib Dem MP , David Cameron’s efforts to close down speculation over the future of Health Secretary Andrew Lansley have suffered a setback when a senior Liberal Democrat urged his removal.
The Prime Minister used an article to insist he was “at one” with Mr Lansley and backed the controversial NHS reforms going through parliament.
A series of senior Tories were also deployed to television studios in a bid to shore up the...Read Full Story
Shirley Smith will be standing for the Plymstock Radford ward in the May 2012 local elections
Labour members in Plymstock have re-established their local party and elected a new chair with a mandate to win seats at the local elections in May 2012.
Retired social worker Shirley Smith, who doubled the Labour vote when she contested the Plymstock Radford ward in the local elections this year, was elected unanimously by local party members.
Shirley said: “Labour is making a come back in...Read Full Story
Given the year that his party has had, it’s likely that all Ed Balls wanted for Christmas is for something to go right for Labour. Perhaps old St. Nick had still not forgiven the Shadow Chancellor for his Nazi costume wearing antics because he did not find a Lib-Lab coalition in his stocking – his plea to form one being firmly rebuffed. This olive branch of political peace even failed to expose any cracks within the Liberal ranks. Perhaps not quite the divide and conquer that Balls had been...Read Full Story
It is old hat to pretend that there's nothing new to say about the Liberal Democrats. Stereotypes about Nick Clegg and his party put down deep roots early in the coalition's life. Trying to do the right thing in tough times for the country, the Lib Dems ...
A shuttle bus serving Cambridge city centre should be reinstated and the buses should run on electricity, the Liberal Democrats have said. Reinstating the free shuttle service, which was axed last year, is part of a multi-million investment in transport ...
Previous a celebrity supporter of the Liberal Democrats, Daniel Radcliffe has accused Nick Clegg of siding with Tory Prime Minister David Cameron. In the interview Radcliffe said "Nick Clegg has become a whipping boy. He has been totally used by the Tories.
Daniel Radcliffe has said that supporting his former favourites Liberal Democrats has become "unviable" since Nick Clegg became Deputy Prime Minister. The actor was a vocal supporter of the party in the 2010 General Election. "Nick Clegg has ...
Nick Clegg has reacted furiously to reports that three Conservative cabinet ministers have been lobbying against the government’s health bill, amid fears the issue could split the Liberal Democrats at their spring conference next month and destabilise the coalition.
A community portal about Liberal Democrats with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a liberal political party in the United Kingdom. The party was formed in 1988 by the merger of the Liberal Party and the short-lived Social Democratic Party; the two parties had already...more
A community portal about Liberal Democrats with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a liberal political party in the United Kingdom. The party was formed in 1988 by the merger of the Liberal Party and the short-lived Social Democratic Party; the two parties had already been in an alliance for some years prior to this. The Lib Dems are the third-largest party in the UK Parliament, behind Labour and the Conservatives, with 63 Members of Parliament (MPs) - 62 elected at the general election of 2005, they held Cheadle in the Cheadle by-election (July 2005) and gained one at the Dunfermline and West Fife by-election. In the Scottish Parliament, they form part of the coalition Scottish Executive with Labour, with the Lib Dems supplying the Deputy First Minister, currently Nicol Stephen. The party's leader is Sir Menzies Campbell, elected in March 2006 (see Liberal Democrats leadership election, 2006). Campbell was acting leader prior to his election.