“The real choice is now between the real change offered by the Liberal Democrats and the fake change offered by the Conservatives,” said Nick Clegg’s Chief of Staff. Commenting on Gordon Brown’s speech at Labour’s autumn conference, Danny Alexander said: “Gordon Brown’s speech showed just how tired and bereft of new thinking the Labour Party [...]

  Talks are to take place this morning in an attempt to get the Highways Agency to carry out its promise to communicate and consult with those affected by the works on the M6 in the Short Heath and New Invention areas of Willenhall. The move was insisted upon by Liberal Democrat councillor Ian Shires and [...]

  Over the last few days there have been a number of remarkable opinion polls culminating in an extremely good poll for the Lib Dems. Things are beginning to go well for the party; they are beginning to come up with some policies that will move this country out of recession and beyond; they are [...]

  Nick Clegg, Leader of the Liberal Democrats has launched this message for anyone who’s ever voted for the Green Party, or is thinking about doing so at the next general election. He’s asking you to lend your vote to the Liberal Democrats in 2010, to stop climate change. Nick says: “This election is our [...]

  Just what is it with the Highways Agency? A couple of weeks ago, at a meeting with local councillors and council officers, it was agreed to set up communication links with residents who will be directly affected by work on the M6 between J10 and J10a connected with allowing the use of the hard shoulder at peak times. In [...]

  According to the latest poll it is all to play for in the forthcoming General Election, and it may not be all as straightforward as the Tories believe. Today’s poll in the Independent and surveyed by ComRes are once again below the 40% mark, and at this stage in the campaign – they should [...]

Two polls have recorded increased support for the Liberal Democrats – giving the Lib Dems a boost after the Party’s Conference. A further poll was released yestetrday by the Mail on Sunday which was carried out by BPIX, which the Mail claims are particularly somber readings for Gordon Brown in advance of the Labour Conference. The BPIX poll is slightly [...]

In the last eight weeks, 28 British soldiers and Royal Marines have been killed in Afghanistan. However easy it may be to forget, we are a nation at war. Already more than 75,000 British men and women have done tours of duty in Afghanistan. Thousands upon thousands of our compatriots, putting their lives on the [...]

“We need a fresh start; not business as usual. Not just a change of government, but a new system of politics,” said the Liberal Democrat Shadow Home Secretary.  Friends, we are just months from the most important election in a generation. For forty years, we have built this party into an instrument of change. We [...]

Liberal Democrat Autumn Conference today called for the Government to scrap its failing rail franchise system and replace it with one that puts passengers first. Conference today passed a motion calling for: The present franchise system to be replaced with one that will prioritise quality of service, passenger experience and, where possible, fare reductions Annual [...]