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Defending the Internal Democracy of the Lib Dems
March 08, 2012 2:11 PM
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...
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Lib Dems hope to finally kill health reforms
March 03, 2012 5:53 PM
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 -
South Central Social Liberal Forum Event
February 19, 2012 8:15 PM
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 25th February in High Wycombe (http://southcentrallibdems.org.uk/en/page/regional- ) and we have arranged a...conference -
South East Social Liberal Forum Meeting
February 12, 2012 8:59 PM
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... -
Unworkable and unnecessary elements of Health bill should be dropped
February 10, 2012 10:04 AM
"The Social Liberal Forum and senior Lib Dems with expert knowledge of the NHS have long believed that the Health and Social Care Bill is seriously flawed and should only be enacted if substantially amended. It has now emerged that senior Conservative Cabinet Ministers and -
SLF welcomes cancellation of 'Coalition 2.0'
February 01, 2012 3:00 PM
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... -
Ian Swales MP to be guest speaker at SLF North East meeting
January 31, 2012 4:30 PM
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... -
Letter to Nick Clegg on the Welfare Reform Bill
January 27, 2012 11:40 AM
57 leading Liberal Democrats have signed a letter to Nick Clegg, which is reproduced below. Read the Guardian article about this: Welfare reform: Lib Dems urge Nick Clegg to back Lords amendments
Dear Nick As you are aware the House of Lords voted in favour of 3 amendments... -
Nick Clegg rightly calls for the tax system to be made fairer
January 26, 2012 2:30 PM
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg told the Resolution Foundation today that Liberal Democrats will seek to aid those on low and middle incomes by raising the personal income tax threshold further and faster than previously assumed. Already a significant example of Lib Dems securing fairness through tax reform, the Coalition...
