Are we any closer to knowing what the Liberal Democrats and their leader stand for now they have been in power for half a Parliament? Not given the evidence of this week in Brighton Read more
A report launched at today’s Lib Dem conference shows ‘middle tier’ bodies have been squeezed out of education, centralising power in the hands of the education secretary Read more
Danny Alexander has made clear that the next Spending Review will cover only two years, not three. It won’t be the first time political expediency has trumped economic planning Read more
Nick Clegg ‘renewed his vows’ today with David Cameron, but there is little evidence that the Liberal Democrats have gained much from the coalition. The deputy PM should focus on growth, jobs and infrastructure investment Read more
With the Health and Social Care Act a reality, critics and supporters are predicting extreme results. In fact, it is more likely just to chug along, getting increasingly worse for wear Read more...
The deputy prime minister’s plan to raise personal allowances is a very expensive way to help the ‘squeezed middle’. There must be a better approach Read more
David Cameron will be facing down his critics in Manchester and holding firmly on to the political centre ground Read more
Nick Clegg’s summer school idea is neither new nor costed. In all likelihood it will mean a raid on the pupil premium funding pot Read more
Changes to the Public Works Loan Board rates, announced by Danny Alexander at the LibDem conference, could help housing become a driving force for local regeneration Read more
A motion that slipped under the radar at the Lib Dems’ conference in Birmingham could make a big difference to disabled claimants’ lives Read more
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