Nick Clegg
Five-year fix
Nick Clegg's proposals for 5-year fixed terms will put Britain at odds with most democratic countries. The proposals were not even Lib Dem policy.
Sword of Damocles? Scale of cuts to north is more like Grim Reaper’s scythe
Further evidence, if any were needed, that the North-South divide is real and threatening to get wider came today with research for BBC Regions showing a map of economic resilience across England, compiled as part of the Corporation’s Spending Review season.
Will Hague and Clegg deliver on their pledge to the Chagossians?
Is the Coalition Government's commitment to human rights an accurate reflection on their foreign policy or is it just a hypocritical string of half-truths?
Clegg slams “partial” IFS – yet in April he was “really delighted” with it
Nick Clegg weighed in to the debate on the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) report into the Budget this afternoon, taking to the airwaves to criticise the report for being "by definition partial" - yet in April, in the final TV leaders' debate, he cited the IFS for their praising of his party's general election manifesto.
Ed Miliband turns up heat on Clegg over tax avoidance
Another day, another round of worrying headlines for the deputy prime minister, barely 100 days in office, effectively running the country in David Cameron's absence and now facing one of his most sustained periods of pressure - from the press, Opposition and his own backbenchers over the issue of tax avoidance.
Newsnight viewers want Clegg to be Paxo’d
A OnePoll survey of 3,000 Newsnight viewers out today has revealed that Nick Clegg is the politician they would most like to see grilled by Jeremy Paxman.