Nick Clegg yesterday called on more British companies to offer shares to their employees, arguing it will improve productivity and unlock growth. “We don’t believe our problem is too much capitalism – we think it’s that too few people have capital.” Read yesterday’s news story on this site for the full speech. (Also available on [...]
This morning, Liberal Democrat Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg gave a speech at Mansion House on the economy. Read the full speech here: Another week, another speech about the evils of capitalism. Let me start by asking: who here is in favour of irresponsible capitalism? Because you won’t find many people arguing for more recklessness, [...]
Responding to Ed Balls’ speech on the economy, Liberal Democrat Party President, Tim Farron said: “After nearly two years of opposing every saving the Coalition Government has made at least Ed Balls has finally admitted there is a deficit problem. “However, he still refuses to take any responsibility for Labour’s 13 years in power where [...]
Liberal Democrats from across the North West joined to demand a moratorium on shale gas exploration at their policymaking regional conference. Regional Chair and Southport Councillor Sue McGuire, called for a halt to further drilling until the environmental impacts were better understood. Shale gas recovery involves hard to reach reserves of methane being extracted by [...]
Welcoming the Government’s announcement of changes to the planned increase in the state pension age for women, Jenny Willott MP today said: “I welcome today’s announcement that shows the Government has listened to the concerns of thousands of women and capped the maximum increase that women will see. This will protect half a million people, [...]
Responding to today’s [Thursday] Office for Fair Access (OFFA) report, Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader and the Government’s Advocate for Access to Education, Simon Hughes, said the body must be given the power to punish universities that fail to offer places to enough students from disadvantaged backgrounds. Simon Hughes said, “This is further confirmation of how [...]
Speaking at Liberal Democrat Autumn Conference today [Wednesday], Liberal Democrat Leader and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said: Liberal Democrats, we have now been in Government for 500 days. Not easy, is it? None of us thought it would be a walk in the park, but I suspect none of us predicted just how tough [...]