Archive for danny alexander
Good news on childcare as Clegg & Alexander block Tory tax plans
From The Times [£]: Generous tax breaks to help working parents to pay for childcare have been scuppered by the Liberal Democrats… The plans have been abandoned because wealthier families would benefit the most. Mothers earning less than £8,105 do not pay tax and so would not be eligible, while thousands who receive tax credits [...]
Danny Alexander fronts… a Liberal Democrat policy
Danny Alexander sometimes attracts a bit of criticism from party members for the number of times he’s done media appearances where he’s ended up spending much of the time defending Coalition policies which are predominantly Conservative. So good to see him out in the TV studios this morning fronting up a policy that the Liberal [...]
Lib Dem success: Osborne set to drop plan to end housing benefit for under-25s
The Guardian reports: David Cameron’s plans to end housing benefit for under-25s look set to be omitted from George Osborne’s autumn statement this week after a Lib Dem revolt against more draconian benefit cuts. Government sources suggested that the idea, floated by the prime minister in June as a way to trim a further £2bn [...]
Danny Alexander: Your money, back where it belongs, in your pocket
Here’s the latest TV mini-film from the Liberal Democrats, featuring Danny Alexander and the fairer tax campaign: You can find out more about the fairer tax campaign, and sign up to support it, at www.FairerTax.org. P.S. Remember, if you are running my campaign buttons, they will be automatically updated to include this new film.
I rather like this email from Danny Alexander
Good combination of subject line (“Cutting your tax bill”) and sender name (“Chief Secretary to the Treasury”) to make you interested? Check. Plain English? Check. Explain why my support is important at this particular moment in time? Check. Sent via professional e-campaigning package that lets you evaluate open rates and the like? Check. One action [...]
Danny Alexander: fairer taxes, with everyone playing by the same rules
Fairer taxes, crack down on tax avoidance, an emphasis on the mansion tax and a low-key, getting on with the work in hand delivery: that’s Danny Alexander’s conference speech in a nutshell. “You can move your money offshore. You can’t move your mansion” – @dannyalexander calls for mansion tax #ldconf — Mark Pack (@markpack) September [...]
Telegraph’s annual list of 50 most influential Liberal Democrats is out…
It’s Liberal Democrat conference, so it’s time for the latest Iain Dale / Daily Telegraph list of the 50 most influential Liberal Democrats. Of course our interest in covering the story on Lib Dem Voice is in no way related to two of the team appearing in the list… In less than shocking news, Nick [...]
Cable: no to regional pay; Clegg: yes to taxes on wealth; Alexander: tougher tax rules
News snippets from today: Speaking on the Andrew Marr Show this morning, the Liberal Democrat leader ruled out the possibility of the Government filling the gap in public finances through cuts to the welfare budget – something reportedly being mooted on the Conservative benches. He said the Government would “start at the top and work [...]
Liberal Democrats to veto plan for benefits freeze
From The Independent: Nick Clegg will veto George Osborne’s demands for a two-year freeze in most state benefits from next April and a further £10bn of welfare cuts… The Deputy Prime Minister revealed he will block the Treasury’s demand for more cuts before the 2015 election to compensate for lower-than-expected growth. “Not a penny more, [...]
Conference preview: Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
This year, the Liberal Democrat autumn conference has one day per theme, covering jobs, education, environment and tax. Monday is jobs, with policy motions on creating jobs and policy papers on both sustainable prosperity and also on mutuals, employee ownership and workplace democracy. The first of these (F23) may generate some lively debate around an amendment that [...]
