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The Social Liberal Forum agrees with Nick
January 07, 2014 2:31 PM
The SLF welcomes yesterday’s warnings from Nick Clegg that he aimed at Tory Chancellor George Osborne. Speaking at a press conference in Whitehall, Nick Clegg referred to Tory plans to make a further £25bn of cuts to the welfare budget as a ‘monumental mistake’ and went on to outline ... -
Liberal Democrats and the Bedroom Tax
October 07, 2013 12:14 PM
At the Liberal Democrat Conference a few weeks ago in Glasgow there were many important debates on taxation, the environment, nuclear weapons and most notably of all, on the economy. The Social Liberal Forum in particular argued passionately to amend the economy motion. Perhaps, the most... -
Playing Fair with Workfare?
October 04, 2013 12:21 PM
So today we learn that Nick Clegg does approve of Osborne’s Workfare, even though it so blatantly contravenes Liberal Democrat core values. He claims it can be justified as being something that will help people, despite the evidence being to the contrary. What is most d -
It may already be too late to save the Liberal Democrats
September 30, 2013 11:51 AM
New research by the Institute of Government has produced a very welcome study, looking at the fate of junior coalition partners, in coalitions around the world – and the lessons which can be learned by the Liberal Democrats. To summarise their findings:- Smaller parties can only...
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The future of Spring Conference
September 30, 2013 9:58 AM
Curtailing (to one day), let alone abolishing, Spring Conference would weaken the party. It would do that through seriously reducing the opportunity for accountability and democratic debate within the Liberal Democrats. Internal democracy strengthens and unites us as a party. The commentariat has expressed surprise that there has... -
German Lessons
September 25, 2013 11:47 AM
Germany is another country. I am a great sceptic about those who want to extrapolate from history or other cultures obvious messages. How many mistakes have been made in foreign policy because foreign secretaries believe they are at another Munich moment ? However, we must be prepared... -
After Conference.......
September 23, 2013 1:21 PM
In case you missed it - Gareth Epps reflects on Federal Conference On Left Foot Forward - After Glasgow: What did the left get out of the Lib Dem conference? On Huffington Post - A Pyrrhic Victory? -
SLF amendments strengthen economy motion
September 14, 2013 8:27 AM
**September 15th UPDATE** The SLF's amendments to tomorrow's economic policy debate have rightly attracted attention from party members, the leadership and the media.(Amendment 1 (future economic strategy) will be moved by Naomi Smith and summated by David Howarth. Amendment 2 (for homes and jobs) will be moved by... -
Tools to make the recovery stronger, fairer
September 12, 2013 8:00 PM
The Social Liberal Forum’s amendments to Nick Clegg’s economy motion – supported by an unprecedented number of voting representatives – seek to ensure that the party retains distinctive, independent economic narrative up to and beyond the next election. The narrative behind Nick’s motion – which, to be clear, has a...
