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Hughes accuses banks of making “racist decisions” – but is he right?
Today Simon Hughes took to the Lib Dem conference to label the banking system as racist towards ethnic minorities when seeking loans for businesses.
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Burnham: “What on Earth is Simon Hughes’ job all about?”
Simon Hughes is coming under pressure to explain his decision to vote for the abolition of Education Maintenance Allowance, with Andy Burnham calling him a "yellow Tory".
Simon Hughes: “I oppose EMA cut, housing benefit cut and NHS reforms”
At today's Fabian Society conference Simon Hughes said that he opposed the cuts to Education Maintenance Allowance and housing benefit and the NHS reforms.
Simon Hughes’ progressive claims don’t stack up
Simon Hughes thinks the Lib Dems are guiding the coalition in a progressive direction. But the economic damage done to Britain's communities - including his own - overshadow any good.
Simon Hughes has a huge responsibility to ensure fair access to universities
National Union of Students president Aaron Porter writes about the huge responsibility facing the govt's new 'Advocate for Access to Education' Simon Hughes.
Is Simon Hughes Britain’s most confused politician?
Following Evan Harris's bizarre claim last week that the only way to get rid of fees was to "vote more Liberal Democrats into power", Simon Hughes yesterday said he "would have liked to have voted against" fees - but didn't, just as he threatened to vote against the VAT rise in the Budget but failed to do so, and as he threatened to do over the government's housing benefit cuts.