Lib Dems to scrap New Deal
News Article 21 September 2004
Labour's flagship New Deal programme for helping the unemployed should now be scrapped, the Liberal Democrats have said.
Call for £12bn London-Edinburgh rail link
News Article 21 September 2004
Plans for a new high-speed London to Edinburgh rail link have been unveiled at the Liberal Democrat conference.
Tabloids turn fire on Kennedy's team
News Article 21 September 2004
Charles Kennedy and the Liberal Democrats have been savaged by two tabloid newspapers.
UKIP's 'twisted reality' comes under fire
News Article 21 September 2004
A top Liberal Democrat MEP has attacked the "poor sad souls" in the UK Independence Party.
Action urged on pollution threat
News Article 21 September 2004
The Liberal Democrats have highlighted the "potentially horrendous consequences" of environmental damage caused by human activities.
Russia could join EU, suggest Lib Dems
News Article 21 September 2004
Russia and Israel should not be ruled out as future members of the European Union, senior Liberal Democrat politicians have suggested.
Lib Dems adopt manifesto plans
News Article 21 September 2004
Grassroots Liberal Democrats have backed draft manifesto plans but roundly rejected suggestions that the party should support a social insurance system to fund the NHS.
Blunkett 'failing to act on illegal slave labour'
News Article 20 September 2004
The home secretary is doing too little to tackle the "slave labour" conditions suffered by Britain's underground illegal workforce, Mark Oaten has said.
Third party face up to 'painful economic realities'
News Article 20 September 2004
The Liberal Democrats will not make spending commitments unless they are fully costed and funded, Vincent Cable has pledged.
Britain 'has moral obligation to Iraq'
News Article 20 September 2004
The government has left Britain with a moral obligation to improve the situation in war-torn Iraq, Sir Menzies Campbell has said.
The winning habit
Publication Article 20 September 2004
Kennedy sets out Lib Dem 'big idea'
News Article 20 September 2004
An upbeat Charles Kennedy has said his party's "big idea" focuses on policies to tackle a feeling of anxiety among the British public.
Williams backs radical policy debate
News Article 20 September 2004
The Liberal Democrats must never turn their back on a "free market of ideas", the party's elder-stateswoman has warned.
Kennedy could work with Labour
Press Review 20 September 2004
Lib Dem leader Charles Kennedy has said he would work with Labour - with or without a formal coalition - if the next election ends in a hung parliament.
Lib Dems focus on domestic issues
News Article 18 September 2004
Charles Kennedy says his party will focus on domestic policies at this week's Lib Dem conference and the run up to the general election.
