Health Bill debate at conference: live blog
Welcome to this live blog of the health debate at the Liberal Democrat federal conference. Updates added at the foot. … Read the full post »
Read about former Liberal Democrat MP Evan Harris. He represented Oxford West and Abingdon from 1997 until the 2010 general election.
Welcome to this live blog of the health debate at the Liberal Democrat federal conference. Updates added at the foot. … Read the full post »
Saturday at Liberal Democrat conference in Birmingham was the scene for two party rebellions to surface – one opposed by the party leadership and one likely to bring the leadership benefits. … Read the full post »
Liberal Democrat Newswire #11 is a special Birmingham Lib Dem conference preview, featuring three doctors: Owen, Harris and Who. … Read the full post »
The plan for the party’s autumn conference was straight-forward: talk up the party’s achievements in getting the Health and Social Care Bill changed. … Read the full post »
The NHS Bill will be substantially changed – that was the message from Liberal Democrat MP and Health Minister Paul Burstow at Lewisham Liberal Democrats on Friday night. … Read the full post »
Last month Nick Clegg took up the issue which Lynne Featherstone and Evan Harris had previously been pushing… … Read the full post »
I’ve long been sceptical about the scope for online fundraising in British politics. That’s partly because I’ve seen a sequence of American political consultants come to the UK… … Read the full post »
More good news on the increasing reach of international justice: “Two Croatian military leaders have been convicted of atrocities against Serbs”. … Read the full post »
With yesterday’s holding announcement from Secretary of State for Health Andrew Lansley – yes, the health plans might be changed but no, there are no details as yet – the future of the health White Paper is very much up for grabs. … Read the full post »
Earlier today, the government published its draft Libel Reform Bill. It’s an issue that Liberal Democrats, along with many others, have been campaigning on for a few years now and one on which Lib Dem minister at the Ministry of Justice Tom McNally has said his reputation should be judged on. … Read the full post »