"The Liberal Democrats exist to build and safeguard a fair, free and
open society, in which we seek to balance the fundamental values
of liberty, equality and community, and in which no-one shall
be enslaved by poverty, ignorance or conformity."
(Preamble to the Party Constitution).
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Good laws make it easier to do right and harder to do wrong.
-- William Ewart Gladstone
Tim Farron: We are the only party to consistently call for lobbying reform
Mon, 17 Oct 2011
Responding to Ed Miliband's comments on lobbying, Liberal Democrat Party President, Tim Farron said:
"Ed Miliband’s sudden interest in getting to grips with lobbying is mere opportunism, not least as he and his shadow cabinet voted against Liberal Democrat proposals for greater transparency on this very issue when they were in government.
"Liberal Democrats are the only party to have consistently called for reform of the rules around lobbying, that’s why there is a commitment to introduce a statutory register of lobbyists in the Coalition Agreement.
"Ed Miliband need not worry. On this issue, like many others, Liberal Democrats will deliver where the last government failed."
Top Tory Lord Hanningfield arrested over council expenses
Former peer Lord Hanningfield, who was jailed for expenses fraud, has now been arrested over money he claimed while Leader of Essex County Council.
The Conservative was released last week after being jailed for nine months for falsely claiming £14,000 while in the House of Lords.
He has been arrested by police investigating expenses claims he made while leader of Essex County Council,
BBC correspondent Sally Chidzoy said.
MEPs vote to tighten their own belts
Senior Liberal Democrat MEP and Vice President of the Parliament's Budget Committee, George Lyon, who is pushing for the...
A fairer, more democratic, greener, liberal country
In this short film from Channel 4's "Political Slot" Tim Farron, Floella Benjamin, Chris Huhne, Paddy Ashdown and Steve Webb talk about what Liberal Democrats are doing to make Britain a fairer, more democratic, greener, liberal country.
