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Shirley Williams: How Liberal is Labour? (Fabian Society)
February 26, 2009 11:21 PM
Baroness Shirley Williams will be speaking at a special Fabian Society event on 10 March to answer the question "How liberal is Labour?" in conversation with Newsnight's Michael Crick. Tickets are free for Fabian Society members and £10 for non-members. In addition, you can buy a six-month introductory membership for £9.95 which includes a free ticket to the event (do you see what -
Steve Webb this Wednesday
February 23, 2009 9:00 AM
Steve Webb MP, the Liberal Democrat Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary (and Chair of the Social Liberal Forum's Advisory Board), will be leading a policy discussion at Portcullis House, Westminster, on Wednesday 25 February. To give people some food for thought, we have also republished Steve and Jo Holland's article on Communicating Social Lib -
Expanding home delivery
February 22, 2009 11:47 PM
The Ideas Factory is a chance for you to pitch your own idea of what should be in the next Liberal Democrat manifesto. The proposal here is not the policy of the Social Liberal Forum. We will however be passing it - and the response it generates - onto the Manifesto Working Group.The Proposal
James Graham: work with the industry to develop incentives to dramatically switch from supermarket use to ho -
Communicating Social Liberalism
February 22, 2009 11:38 PM
By Steve Webb and Jo Holland
This article was originally published in Reinventing the State: Social Liberalism for the 21st
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In defence of broad church politics
February 20, 2009 11:21 AM
There has been a bit of a debate waging over the past week about "classical (or economic) liberals versus social liberals," partly due to the launch of the Social Liberal Forum and exacerbated by a recent editorial in Liberator Magazine. For the record, while the Soc -
Give council tenants the right to move
February 19, 2009 11:13 AM
The Ideas Factory is a chance for you to pitch your own idea of what should be in the next Liberal Democrat manifesto. The proposal here is not the policy of the Social Liberal Forum. We will however be passing it - and the response it generates - onto the Manifesto Working Group.The Proposal
Dr Tim Leunig: Those in social housing should be allowed to require their landlord to sell their home and buy -
The Ideas Factory
February 14, 2009 3:02 AM
Got an idea you think should be in the Lib Dem manifesto? We want to hear it! As part of the Social Liberal Forum's contribution to the Liberal Democrat policy making process, we are inviting people (whether they are party members or not) to write a short article about their big idea, and invite a debate on the subject. To kick start the debate, we will be getting members of the Social Liberal Forum's Executive Team and Advisory Board to add a short response and then open the -
And we're off!
February 14, 2009 1:59 AM
As reported in the Liberal Democrat News yesterday, the Social Liberal Forum has now been launched. Our Director, Matthew Sowemimo, has also written a short article on Lib Dem Voice. Our launch appears to have caused a bit of a stir - which is kind of the point. You can follow the debate by going to -
Welcome!
February 12, 2009 4:39 AM
The Social Liberal Forum website is now live! We'll be adding lots more to this website as it develops, but in the meantime, you might want to check out the following:- Our "about" section, including a brief rundown of what we stand for and who we are.
- David Howarth's excellent "
