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Tim Farron on Russell Howard 's Good News...
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Benefit cap discriminated against disabled people, court rules
High court finds that two claimants caring for relatives for upwards of 35 hours a week were effectively in work and should be exempt from cap The welfare secretary, Iain Duncan Smith, unlawfully…
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Stephen Tall’s diary: liberal jottings on the week’s big events
Honest doubt I wrote on Syria last week that I was "mystified by those who've already made their minds up with cast-iron certainty on either side". That's still the case despite, and probably…
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The end of the beginning?
As the tide of war turned in 1942 following the second battle of El Alamein, Winston Churchill spoke about "the end of the beginning". I have to confess that these words went through my mind as I sat…
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Here is Tim Farron’s speech in full on Wednesday's debate on Syria from Hansard:
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Lib Dem MPs will back air strikes on Syria
Nick Clegg: Lib Dems should help our neighbour It is interesting to note that in his comments Nick Clegg has highlighted the importance in making up his mind of the fact that France asked for help -…
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NHS to begin denying people hearing aids for first time
The NHS will start denying people with hearing problems access to hearing aids for the first time from Thursday in a controversial move that critics claim will worsen sufferers' social isolation. The…
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Tim Farron’s statement on Syrian air strikes
Tim Farron has now published a detailed explanation of the party's stance: When the government asked MPs to support military action in Syria against Assad in 2013, I refused to provide that support.…
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Syrian conflict: Assad and the mirage of a diplomatic solution
Such is the scale of our political failure concerning the Syrian conflict that the only options left open to us are terrible ones. Though I think much of the opposition to the air strikes is…
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Would air strikes against Syria be legal?
On Wednesday the Commons will be asked to approve RAF strike missions against ISIL/Daesh targets inside Syria. LDV readers will be familiar with Tim Farron's five tests but here I'm going to focus…