The average British commuter is now spending as much time travelling to work as they do on their holidays, according to research carried out by the Liberal Democrats. For the country’s 25 million commuters, travelling to and from work takes up the equivalent of 169.3 hours a year, or just under 23 working days. Most [...]

The Government has levied a two pence rise in fuel duty which will come into effect from midnight tonight, making this the third increase in fuel duty in nine months. The government says the extra duty is needed to help fund public investment. that AA president Edmund King said the timing of the rise was “pretty dire”, at [...]

Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg contacted Ian earlier today to inform him of an important new campaign………..  Dear Ian, I wanted to alert you to an important campaign I’m launching this week. You can find the details www.NickClegg.com/InTheKnow As Liberal Democrats, we’re firmly committed to new public spending in important areas – such as delivering our [...]

The Times has revealed that Gordon Brown will face a revolt over plans to reduce the benefits paid to some of Britain’s poorest families by up to £15 a week. The new proposals from Labour, which are due to be introduced just before the election, could mean that some people would lose one fifth of their income. At the [...]

“It is time that the state pension was raised to a decent level,” said the Liberal Democrat Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary. Commenting on today’s [Friday 28 August] report from the IFS which reveals higher energy prices between 2004 and 2007 coincided with substantially higher fuel spending and lower fuel consumption among pensioners, Steve Webb [...]

More than a million children have been convicted of a criminal offence and another million cautioned since Labour came to power, according to research by the Liberal Democrats. The figures, contained in answer to a Parliamentary Question, show that: 1,033,454 children aged between 10 and 17 have been convicted of a criminal offence since 1997. [...]

Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg has met with Pakistan’s President, Asif Ali Zardari, in the run up to the party’s Autumn conference. The President was keen to meet with Nick Clegg during a private visit he is making to the UK. Discussions were held on the important role Pakistan plays in foreign policy, the upcoming [...]

“It is a shocking indictment of the Government that around half of all pupils cannot get five good GCSEs including English and maths after over a decade of formal education,” said the Liberal Democrat Shadow Schools Secretary. Commenting on yesterday’s GCSE results, David Laws said:   “These results reflect a huge amount of work by many [...]

Commenting on today’s Government figures which show that children skipped almost 4m days of school last year, Liberal Democrat Shadow Schools Secretary, David Laws said: “These figures are a disgrace. The Government’s truancy strategies are not working.” “Ministers have poured hundreds of millions of pounds into reducing truancy over recent years, but this money seems [...]

The Tory MEP, Dan Hannan who described the NHS as a “mistake” during an American TV interview, as today really gone over the top – tonight he’s at the centre of a “political storm”.  He has appeared on reason.tv – an American internet channel – in which he is asked for his ‘political influences’.  Q: [...]