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  • 24 Jan 2011
    Watching the Tartan political space

    The aim of the recent Scotland Bill, says Simon Barrow, is to please the growing number of Scots who favour more powers for their own parliament, while simultaneously clawing back a large sum of money from the Westminster block grant and undermining already-waning support for the SNP ahead of the elections in May 2011.

  • 10 Dec 2010
    'Too busy' Nick Clegg refused to meet with student constituents

    Student constituents from Nick Clegg’s Sheffield Hallam parliamentary seat are furious that the Deputy Prime Minister was unwilling to meet to discuss fees and cuts.

  • 9 Dec 2010
    Students say Cameron is 'playing fast and loose' with facts on fees

    Students planning a last minute London rally today, say Prime Minister David Cameron and Deputy PM Nick Clegg are "playing fast and loose with the facts" on fees.

  • 15 Nov 2010
    Lib Dems warned they will be 'ousted' over broken pledges and cuts

    Anti-cuts campaigns are threatening to oust Liberal Democrat MPs over their broken election promises and backing for public spending cuts that hit the poorest.

  • 22 Oct 2010
    Why Nick Clegg is wrong, wrong and wrong

    Stung by accusations of targeting the poor in the Comprehensive Spending Review, not to mention misleading voters by reneging on central electoral promises in exchange for power, deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has decided to pick a fight with the respected think-tank the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS). There can only be one winner in this fact spat, and it will not be Mr Clegg.

  • 7 Sep 2010
    'Hang on a minute!', churches tell PM and deputy PM

    Three major Free Churches have launched a video campaign to find out what people would say if they had one minute to speak with David Cameron and Nick Clegg.

  • 19 Aug 2010
    Academic lambasts Clegg's blaming of parents not poverty for kids' plight

    A sociology professor has attacked the deputy Prime Minister's claim that parenting is more important than poverty in ruining children’s life chances.

  • 9 May 2010
    'No sell out', Lib Dem leader is told by historic fair votes protest

    Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg, who is in discussions with the Tories' David Cameron over forming a government, has been told firmly that there must be 'no sell out over PR'.

  • 23 Apr 2010
    SNP and Plaid Cymru pitch for anti-Trident vote

    Plaid Cymru and the SNP have said they offer the only “real alternative” on nuclear arms, pointing out that the Liberal Democrats would replace Trident with a different nuclear system.

  • 22 Apr 2010
    Don't get defensive about defence

    As the Tory and Labour leaders prepare nervously for the second round of head-to-head combat tonight, there can be little doubt that they both plan to take advantage of the foreign policy focus of the debate by attacking the Liberal Democrats’ policy on Trident.