Nick Clegg
Clegg still trying to redefine ‘progressive’
Nick Clegg is still trying to claim the tuition fees u-turn is a "progressive" move, even as fees look set to triple next year, writes UCU gen sec Sally Hunt.
“Positive stuff but nothing new” in Clegg’s FoI announcement
Nick Clegg's latest remarks on Freedom of Information have been praised, though only when the Bill is presented to Parliament will full details emerge.
Campaigners fear child detention coalition back track
Campaigners have raised serious concerns over the Coalition's shifting policy on child detention and whether the practice will continue in all but name.
We need more substantial and unequivocal Lib Dem policies implemented in 2011
Leading Liberal Democrat blogger Mark Thompson looks ahead to the prospects for the Lib Dems in the new year.
Johnson: Clegg’s talk on bankers’ bonuses all “hot air”
Despite hard talk over bankers' bonuses Nick Clegg is being accused of "hot air" over the issue by shadow Chancellor Alan Johnson, reports Chris Tarquini.
Time for coalition to deliver on child detention pledge
The goverenment has postponed its pledge to end the detention of the children of asylum seekers until May; it is up to progressives to ensure that they deliver.