Nick Clegg

In his speech this morning to the CBI conference in London, Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg set out how to foster a rapid recovery and shape a new competitive, sustainable economy. We are in the teeth of one of the most difficult and unpredictable recessions we have ever face. The origins of the recession, at the heart of the financial services sector on which we have relied too heavily for far too long, begs profound questions about how we can rebuild the British economy on a different, more sustainable footing in the future. As the CBI said this morning – this recession can be ... Read Full Story

Liberal Democrat leader, Nick Clegg said that Gordon Brown has failed to implement a successful strategy in Afghanistan and said that has “failed as a war leader”. Mr Clegg said that as leader of the country, Mr Brown had been “lamentable” in explaining the reasons for the war. Mr Clegg said: “There has been a lamentable failure in the UK to explain exactly why we’re in Afghanistan and threat it poses to our national security” Speaking before President Obama’s decision on whether he should send more troops, Mr Clegg said: “There is no point in sending a single solider unless we have a strategy ... Read Full Story

“After today’s Queen’s Speech we now know that the opportunity to do the right thing has been squandered, yet again, by this Government,” said the Leader of the Liberal Democrats . In his contribution to the debate on the Queen’s Speech, Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg said: All the pageantry in the world cannot cover up the fact that this is a fantasy Queen’s Speech from a government that has run out of road in a Parliament that has lost the people’s trust. This Queen’s Speech won’t give people the help and jobs they need in this recession and it won’t fix our rotten ... Read Full Story

Earlier this evening I received the following e mail from Nick Clegg, the leader of the Liberal Democrats in which he comments on today’s Queen’s speech: Dear Les, Today’s Queen’s Speech was nothing more than a fantasy speech from a government that has run out of road in a Parliament that has lost people’s trust. This Queen’s Speech won’t give people the help and jobs they need in this recession. It won’t solve our economic problems and it won’t fix our rotten politics. Instead of pointless pageantry and empty promises of Bills that will never make it onto the statute book, the Liberal Democrats ... Read Full Story

Gordon Brown has been warned that he must back down in the face of a growing revolt over plans to axe childcare vouchers. The Prime Minister has been urged not to repeat the past mistakes by allowing a political row to develop over the policy. Every week two thousand parents are signing the Downing Street petition which urges the Prime Minister to change the policy, which will raise the total to more than 80,000 by Friday, and 88 MPs from all parties have supported the Childcare SOS campaign to preserve the voucher scheme. Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg warned the Prime Minister to back ... Read Full Story