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Mon 8th Feb 2010
Nick Clegg will today challenge the other two party leaders to agree an emergency programme of political reform. Speaking at an election summit of parliamentarians and parliamentary candidates today (Monday), the Liberal Democrat Leader will challenge Gordon Brown and David Cameron to sign up to the programme of political reform as a first step to restore public faith in politics.
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Tue 2nd Feb 2010
Commenting on BBC reports that the Government intends to put forward a referendum on the Alternative Vote for the House of Commons, Liberal Democrat Shadow Home Secretary, Chris Huhne said: "If this is confirmed then it is a deathbed conversion to electoral reform from a party facing an historic defeat, which is why scepticism is warranted.
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Tue 2nd Feb 2010
Lib Dem Treasury spokesman Lord (Matthew) Oakeshott has welcomed the Government's announcement today [Monday] that non-doms will no longer be able to sit in Parliament. The Government has sent a letter to all peers today explaining how the new law will affect them.
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"I hate to say it, but only one party leader seems to have grasped that, if you construct a system where unskilled people are worse off by taking a job than by staying on welfare, they remain trapped in poverty - and that is Nick Clegg. "
Lord Norman Tebbit
Daily Telegraph online - 13 Jan
"It's unbelievable that the Tories are still planning to cut taxes for a handful of millionaires when the majority of people across the country are feeling the squeeze. We need fair tax cuts that put money back in the pockets of ordinary people. The Tory sums simply do not stack up. It is irresponsible and highly misleading for George Osborne to continue to pretend that they do. "
Vince Cable MP
Responding to Conservative Spending Plans - 4 Jan
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