Halifax Liberal Democrats will soon be meeting in order to set out a timetable for the selection process of a new Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for the Halifax constituency.
Until a General Election is called, no party can have a candidate for election, but parties normally chose to select a potential candidate in advance who will then [...]
The Liberal Democrats, in both Houses of Parliament, are committed to changing the current immigration rules and criteria that are unfairly prejudiced against Gurkhas who retired from the British Army before 1997. We feel very strongly about addressing the inequality of the current Gurkha immigration policy, which is why we used one of our debating [...]
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The Government announced the increase which you mention in last year’s Pre-Budget Report to counter potential price reductions caused by the new 15% rate of Value Added Tax. The Liberal Democrats tabled amendments to the Finance Bill to try and prevent these increases because whilst the VAT cut is expected to be temporary the [...]
Responding to Alistair Darling’s Budget, Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg said:
“Today we got a pick and mix Budget of recycled announcements from a government skilled in raising people’s hopes but incompetent at actually delivering help. “This Budget is a political supermarket sweep of random promises, without even a hint of a plan or any likelihood [...]
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