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 [...]
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 [...]
One Year In: Coalition and Liberal Politics – Nick Clegg’s speech to mark the first anniversary of the Coalition Yesterday morning at the National Liberal Club, Nick Clegg gave a speech to party members to mark the first anniversary of the Coalition Government. In the light of the past year, and of last week’s election [...]
An array of sweeping reforms will put an end to unwarranted local authority snooping and unnecessary scrutiny of individuals. Liberal Democrat leader and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg today welcomed the publication of the Protection of Freedoms Bill. The Bill steps up the coalition government’s commitment to restore hard-won British liberties. An array of sweeping [...]
Liberal Democrat leader and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg today addressed the Guardian Public Services Summit – the full text of the speech can be read below. The questions that confronted me, when I came into government, were these: How can we reinvent and strengthen our public services at a time of anxiety and stretched [...]
A New Year message to Liberal Democrat party members and supporters from Liberal Democrat leader and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg.
This morning Nick Clegg delivered a speech asking the public how they want the Government to redress the balance between the citizen and the state. He said: This morning I want to talk about freedom. For too long new laws and regulations have taken away people’s freedoms, interfered in everyday life, and made it [...]