OPINION

Plan C has been released today on the Amazon store, in electronic form. It sets out the Social Liberal Forum's proposals for the economy, which we hope to see adopted by the Liberal Democrats as a distinct policy from both Labour and the Tories. Prof. Will Hutton, in his foreword, says:

I am pleased t

Read more

One of the key principles of the Social Liberal Forum is to maintain internal democracy of the Liberal Democrats. As a result, we would like to oppose the Constitutional Amendment being presented to Spring Conference on Saturday and support the following amendment;

Add new section 15.6 If after a vote at Conference i) the proposal from the Commons Party is agreed but ii) the majority is less than 2/3rds then, if after further consideration, the Commons Party still wishes to suppo

Read more

Liberal Democrat activists will defy Nick Clegg over the Government's controversial health reforms by seeking to "kill" them at a party policy-making conference next week. Rebel party members are not satisfied with the concession read more

We are pleased to tell you about another Social Liberal Forum event happening in the South Central region – “The Health and Social Care Bill: is it now good enough?”. The regional Liberal Democrat conference is taking place on Saturday 25^th February in High Wycombe (http://southcentrallibdems.org.uk/en/page/regional-conference ) and we have arranged a lunc

Read more

We are delighted to invite you to the first meeting of the South East Social Liberal Forum. To help with the ambition of the Social Liberal Forum to develop radical, distinctive and progressive policies and manifesto for the next election, we are seeking to establish regional Social Liberal Forums where we can focus on ensuring everybody within the party gets their say. The South East Social Liberal Forum is pleased to hold its first event in Lewes Town Hall, on Friday 17th February 2012. Join

Read more

Read more

The Social Liberal Forum welcomes confirmation in the Independent on Sunday that there will be no new fixed coalition agreement for the second half of this parliament. There is a lot more work to do on several bills currently passing through parliament - some of which, such as the Health and Social Care Bill, contain elements that we contin

Read more

Following a successful first meeting before Christmas, the Social Liberal Forum North East branch are delighted to be welcoming Ian Swales, MP for Redcar, as guest speaker at their next meeting. The meeting will take place on Friday 10th February from 6.30pm until 7.45pm at Gateshead Civic Centre. All North East Liberal Democrat members are welcome to join us to discuss with Ian how the party can maintain our distinctive identity within the Coalition Government. Gateshead Civic Centre is eas

Read more