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The Lib Dem political plan for the next year
The Queen inspires more terror than George Osborne. That is the tempting conclusion to be drawn from comparing the Queen’s Speech (volume of advanced leaks: low) with the Budget (volume of advanced leaks: high). After all, Osborne can tax you but the Queen has the Tower of London… Combined, however, they tried to set the [...]
Lib Dems win battle over green regulations
The Daily Telegraph reports: Ed Davey, the Liberal Democrat Energy Secretary, said he would not scrap or water down the Climate Change Act, after a year-long review into reducing bureaucracy surrounding environmental laws. The Act underpins all of the Government’s policies on reducing carbon dioxide emissions, from support for wind farms to higher road taxes [...]