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Lib Dems need to press Cameron to implement Robin Hood Tax
This was the week Robin Hood rode back into our lives – not on the back of a glistening stallion but in the form of Russell Crowe.
Child benefit cuts will result in a worse deal for the poor
Today’s Guardian reports that the new Lib Dem/Tory Chancellor George Osborne has made plans to cut spending on child benefit by ‘targeting’ the benefit.
Lib Dems set to support regressive Tory VAT increase
A BBC survey of economists reports that they expect value added tax to rise from 17.5 to 20 per cent.
Lib-Con deal: support but also real anger among Lib Dem grassroots
Some Liberal Democrats have voiced concern, over the eagerness with which their leaders gave life to a Tory government and the consequences for themselves.