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Coalition

  • 24 Apr 2015
    Gary Gibbon

    Tories gnawing the Lib Dem lifebelt

    The Tories are in danger of desperately gnawing through the very lifebelt they may need after 7 May. Put that to senior Tories and they acknowledge the problem but feel they can do no other.

  • 20 Apr 2015
    Gary Gibbon

    David Cameron profile: Gary Gibbon speaks to the Conservative leader

    If he did get back in, what sort of David Cameron would we see? The long gone husky-cuddling eco-warrior won’t make a reappearance presumably.

  • 31 Mar 2015
    Gary Gibbon

    Nick Clegg, ‘Yoda’ Ashdown and the future of coalitions

    Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg blazed a trail by forging a coalition partnership with the Tories. And despite the criticism he has received, he now seems at peace with himself.

  • 24 Feb 2015
    Gary Gibbon

    Sir Malcolm Rifkind resigns: why he decided to stand down

    The key moment in Sir Malcolm Rifkind’s change of heart was the meeting with the chief whip on Monday.

  • 2 Feb 2015
    Jon Snow

    The language of war in political campaigning

    “All-out war” on mediocre schools; apparent threats to “weaponise” the NHS and the “battle” to win voters. A distraction from the real wars that dog the planet?

  • 30 Jan 2015

    Cable: pessimism on Lib Dems ‘wildly exaggerated’

    Business Secretary Vince Cable says the Lib Dem pact with the Tories “was something we had to do” for the national interest, but slams their current approach on tackling the deficit.

  • 27 Jan 2015
    Gary Gibbon

    Hung parliament predictions harden, coalition recedes

    The odds of a coalition after 2015 recede in your mind the more you chat around Westminster. It’s not impossible. But it’s not a hot favourite either.

  • 23 Jan 2015

    FactCheck: how much has the coalition cost you?

    By Patrick Worrall

    Are you out of pocket thanks to coalition policies? And would it have been any different under a Labour government?

  • 4 Nov 2014

    Norman Baker quits with a swipe at Theresa May

    The Liberal Democrat home office minister Normal Baker resigns, complaining that working under the home secretary was like “walking through mud”.

  • 8 Oct 2014
    Gary Gibbon

    Clegg attacks ‘un-British’ grievance politics

    Nick Clegg revealed that George Osborne, when he refused to implement a bigger tax threshold leap in the 2012 budget, said: “I don’t want to deliver a Lib Dem budget.”

  • 7 Oct 2014

    Nick Clegg: ‘I’m more anti-establishment now’

    Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg says Westminster is “dangerously out of step” with modern Britain and he has become more anti-establishment since joining the coalition government.

  • 5 Sep 2014

    Coalition split over controversial ‘bedroom tax’

    The Liberal Democrats and Conservatives clash over a Commons bill that is seeking to reform the government’s so-called “bedroom tax”.

  • 3 Aug 2014

    Compensation for ‘garden city’ neighbours?

    Homeowners could be compensated by the state if the value of their property falls as a result of the building of new garden cities, says Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg. James Blake reports.

  • 15 Jul 2014

    ‘Bedroom tax’ study raises serious questions

    The day of a major cabinet reshuffle can often be used for other purposes, for example quietly unveiling a report into the much-criticised “bedroom tax”. So is the much-maligned policy working?

  • 11 Jun 2014

    ‘Cost of living crisis’ returns to haunt government

    Unemployment continues to fall, but pay growth drops significantly – despite government hopes that the so-called “cost of living crisis” is coming to an end.

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