Liberal Democrat response to the Labour manifesto
"Every Labour manifesto since 1997 has been full of promises they have broken. They simply can't be trusted to do a single thing they say," Nick Clegg's Chief of Staff.
12 Apr 2010
Spelthorne News
Clegg calls for end to unfair bank charges
The Liberal Democrat manifesto includes measures to ensure banks can't charge customers unfairly for going over their limit or bouncing a cheque.
9 Apr 2010
A fair deal for fare payers - Lib Dems pledge to cut rail fares
Liberal Democrats have made a commitment to restrict increases in rail fares so that they will not increase at above inflation rates, as has been the case in under both Labour and Conservatives governments.
27 Mar 2010
Labour's plans for Trident replacement look nonsensical says Davey
"Liberal Democrats oppose like-for-like replacement of Trident. It is not suited to today's security threats and, with a £100bn price tag, it is a system we simply cannot afford," said the Liberal Democrat Shadow Foreign Secretary, Ed Davey.
26 Mar 2010
Conservatives reject Liberal Democrat proposals to adopt the Community Infrastructure Levy
Spelthorne's Conservative-run Council has passed up the chance of receiving hundreds of thousands of pounds from developers to help pay for amenity areas, parks, playgrounds and recycling, despite being urged to do so by the Liberal Democrat group on the Council.
14 Mar 2010
Vince Cable speech to Liberal Democrat Spring Conference
Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader and Shadow Chancellor, Vince Cable today addressed delegates at the Liberal Democrat Spring Conference - the last conference before the General Election. In his speech, Vince Cable said that the Liberal Democrats are the party of fiscal responsibility and fairer taxes. The full text of the speech is below:
13 Mar 2010
