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Families are facing a difficult winter. Rising mortgage bills, the fear of unemployment and high heating costs mean that the shockwaves of the financial crisis are being felt in households across Britain.
When the banks were in trouble, they got rescued. Millions of families who are about to find themselves in trouble must be helped too.
News
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Clegg: Conservatives have no solutions to today’s problemsTue, 18 Nov 2008Nick Clegg responding to David Cameron's speech on Conservative spending plans said "The Conservatives clearly can’t be trusted to create a fair society." |
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Brake: Less talk and more action needed to tackle knife crimeMon, 17 Nov 2008The Liberal Democrats have published plans to tackle the growing problem of knife crime in London. |
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Big rise in number of people who declared themselves bankruptFri, 14 Nov 2008The number of people who declared themselves bankrupt in the last three months was more than 13,500, up 7% since 2007. |
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Britain faces terrible legacy of debt addiction - CleggMon, 03 Nov 2008Britain is addicted to debt and faces a terrible legacy as the recession begins to bite, Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg warns today, as new analysis from the Liberal Democrats shows that total personal debt has risen by £1 trillion since Labour came to power. |
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Clegg calls for 2p tax cut to "stimulate ailing economy"Fri, 31 Oct 2008Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg has called on all parties in the Scottish Parliament to work together to cut income tax by 2p to help stimulate an ailing economy. Mr. Clegg was speaking while visiting the Glenrothes constituency in support of the Liberal Democrat by-election campaign. |
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Lamb: Sharp rise in emergency readmissions to hospitalThu, 30 Oct 2008Norman Lamb branded the sharp rise in hospital readmissions as a "false economy" in the health service. Figures highlighted by the Liberal Democrats show that emergency readmissions for patients aged 16 and over have risen by almost a fifth since 2003. |
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Cable: Deripaska loan should be repaid to RBSTue, 28 Oct 2008Vince Cable has written to the chairman of the Royal Bank of Scotland and Business Secretary Lord Mandelson to demand that the loan given by the bank to a company owned by Oleg Deripaska should be repaid on time. |
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Clegg: Policy Exchange briefing against Muslim event is bizarre and underhandMon, 27 Oct 2008Liberal Democrat Leader, Nick Clegg has challenged the think-tank Policy Exchange over its briefing against a family event aimed at promoting harmony and dialogue between Muslims and non-Muslims. |
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Clegg: Proud to buy BritishThu, 23 Oct 2008To help kick-start the economy consumers should be proud to ‘buy British’ and ‘buy local’ this will stimulate demand for UK businesses. Nick Clegg said "Economic recovery starts at home." |
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Rennie: MoD wasting millions on thousands of empty homesTue, 21 Oct 20089,000 MoD houses are standing empty despite a pressing need for decent homes among forces families, ministers have admitted. |
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Clegg: Now is the time for Government to look after familiesMon, 20 Oct 2008As the credit crunch starts to hit the real economy, Gordon Brown must turn his attention to the many families being hit hardest by the crisis, Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg said today. |
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Home Office employees lose security passes once a dayMon, 20 Oct 2008The Liberal Democrats have revealed that staff at the Whitehall departments responsible for the nation’s internal security have lost nearly 3,500 security passes since 2001. Staff at the Home Office and the Ministry of Justice are losing their passes at a rate of over one per day. Since 2001, 3,492 security passes have gone missing, and the rate at which passes are being lost has risen by 300% in the last six years. |
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Willott: Unemployment figures show banking crisis has hit real economyWed, 15 Oct 2008Today's Office for National Statistics figures on unemployment revealed that the number of people out of work in the UK rose by 164,000 between June and August - the biggest rise for 17 years - taking the total to 1.79 million. The figures also showed the number of people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance rose by 31,800 to 939,900 in September. |
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Clegg: Financial crisis may be an economic 9/11Mon, 13 Oct 2008Liberal Democrat Leader, Nick Clegg has warned that the financial crisis could become an “economic 9/11”. |
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Liberal Democrat Economic Recovery PlanTue, 30 Sep 2008Lib Dem plans to help families include tax cuts for low and middle income households, stopping unnecessary repossessions, action to cut energy bills and big cuts in interest rates. |
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Make It HappenThu, 17 Jul 2008Make it Happen is a statement of the party’s vision and values, and the basis for developing both the next General Election Manifesto and campaign messages for the remainder of this Parliament. |
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Willott welcomes government Post Office Card Account u-turnThu, 13 Nov 2008The Liberal Democrats have welcomed the Government’s decision to continue the Post Office Card Account (POCA). In a House of Commons statement yesterday, the Government confirmed it would end the tendering process and allow Post Office Ltd to keep the contract to distribute benefits to 4.3 million claimants until 2015. |
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PMQs: Clegg calls for “big, permanent and fair” tax cutsWed, 12 Nov 2008Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg reiterated calls for immediate tax cuts at Prime Minister’s Questions yesterday. He criticised government tax increases that are disproportionately penalising Britain’s poorest and urged the Prime Minister to clamp down on tax breaks for the rich. |
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Liberal Democrats call for fairer representation in Regional CommitteesWed, 12 Nov 2008The Liberal Democrats yesterday accused the Government of abusing the opportunity to provide decent regional accountability by imposing its parliamentary majority on new regional Select Committees, even in areas where they have the fewest MPs. |
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Lib Dem MPs challenge Government’s support for Heathrow expansionTue, 11 Nov 2008Liberal Democrat MPs challenged the Government’s support for a third runway at Heathrow in a House of Commons debate yesterday. |
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Baroness Thomas challenges shortening of backdating period for benefits.Tue, 11 Nov 2008Baroness Thomas presented a strongly worded motion to the House of Lords yesterday, challenging social security changes that cut the backdating period for a range of benefits from 12 months to 3. |
Campaigns
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Iraq: Hold Them to AccountTue, 09 Sep 2008Britain only invaded Iraq because MPs voted for it. Liberal Democrat MPs were unanimous in their opposition to this intervention. |
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Save Our Post OfficesTue, 09 Sep 2008The Liberal Democrats are campaigning against the Government's plans to close 2,500 post offices across the UK. |
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Green Tax SwitchTue, 09 Sep 2008The Liberal Democrats have a firm plan to tackle climate chaos. We will cut income tax and switch to green taxes on pollution instead. Then the more you choose to switch to greener living the more money you will save. |
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Don't keep innocent people's DNATue, 09 Sep 2008The UK has by far the largest DNA database in the world, with 4.5 million people registered. Liberal Democrat MP Jenny Willott has presented the case for removing innocent people’s samples from the DNA database. |
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Climate change: 60% is not enoughTue, 09 Sep 2008The Government's Climate Change Bill proposes a target of a 60% reduction in CO2 emissions by 2050. However, Liberal Democrats agree with environmental experts that 60% is likely to be too little, too late. |
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