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Baroness Joan Walmsley writes…Wasting a rare resource – and children’s lives
One of the worst scandals in the NHS is the provision, or lack of it, for children with mental health problems.
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In defence of tax credits: We must be the clear anti-poverty party
I was horrified at the proposal, contained in George Kendall's recent article that we cut tax credits to fund lifelong learning accounts. (I assume George was also referring to Universal Credit, the…
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Perhaps the source of most frustration since becoming involved as a Lib Dem is...
Perhaps the source of most frustration I've had since becoming involved as a Lib Dem activist is the institutional, bureaucratic superiority complex one has to deal with to do anything differently…
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Another nail in Clegg's coffin?
Just what is Nick Clegg playing at? Is he waving the white flag or is he taking a pragmatic approach to what he views as political reality? I am, of course, referring to the former Member for…
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A Choose Your Own Adventure style of political activism
I found the opening scenario in Mark Pack and Jim Williams's new pamphlet Reinventing the Liberal Democrats: how to build a party for tomorrow almost uncanny. It is 2020, they imagine, and the…
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Nick Clegg's lecture on William Gladstone
In a lecture given at Gladstone's Library, Hawarden, last week, the former Liberal Democrat leader and deputy prime minister Nick Clegg considers Gladstonian Liberalism.
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‘A massive blow to the local economy’: 500 Stamford jobs at risk as factory announces closure
Unite, the country's largest union, has described the closure of a Stamford factory as a 'massive blow to the Lincolnshire economy' as it puts 500 jobs at risk.
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What Nick really says about "You can stop Brexit by joining the Labour party – or even the Tories"
In a dramatic intervention, the former deputy prime minister advocates mass political 'infiltration' for change In a speech in Mississippi in support of Donald Trump's presidential campaign, Nigel…
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Theresa May under pressure over ‘secret advice’ on halting Brexit
Prime minister is sent FOI request to publish legal guidance thought to argue that UK can stop EU divorce process at any time Theresa May is under pressure to publish secret legal advice that is…
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The Right to Buy – A Solution to Funding Care of Older People?
What do people who need to enter residential care fear most? Losing the home they have worked for the best part of their lives? Separation from their spouse they have shared a bed with for decades?…
