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17 Most Recent News Stories
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Fri 30th Apr 2010
Last night was the final of the three televised Leaders' debates. Leader of the Liberal Democrats, Nick Clegg, debated with Gordon Brown and David Cameron about the economy. Subjects discussed included breaking up the banks, creating more jobs and reinvigorating the British economy.
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Wed 28th Apr 2010
On Thursday 29th April from 8.30pm, BBC One will host the final live Prime Ministerial Debate of the General Election from the Midlands. Nick Clegg, Gordon Brown and David Cameron will again be going head to head in the run up to the General Election next Thursday.
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Fri 23rd Apr 2010
An average of five polls conducted immediately after the Sky TV Leaders Election debate on Thursday night put Nick Clegg as the winner, with all instant polls showing him ahead of Gordon Brown. After the Foreign Affairs-led debate from Bristol dominated by issues like Iraq, immigration and climate change, Nick Clegg won 3 of the 5 polls on the night, building on his position after the first debate.
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Wed 21st Apr 2010
The second Party Leaders Debate is taking place this Thursday starting at 8pm on Sky News. Nick Clegg, Gordon Brown and David Cameron will again be going head to head in a TV debate in the run up to the General Election on May 6th, this time leading on Foreign Affairs.
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Fri 16th Apr 2010
The polls following the first ever Party Leaders General Election debate on ITV are showing that Nick Clegg has won a convincing victory over David Cameron and Gordon Brown. The debate was the first ever Leaders debate during a UK General Election campaign, and the pollsters are giving it as a big victory for Nick Clegg and the Liberal Democrats.
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Thu 15th Apr 2010
Tonight on ITV, Nick Clegg, Gordon Brown and David Cameron will be going head to head in a TV debate. This is the first of three debates that will be taking place in the run up to the General Election on May 6th.
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Wed 14th Apr 2010
Nick Clegg has launched the Liberal Democrat General Election manifesto. The manifesto sets out four clear priorities of fair taxes, a fair chance for every child, a fair economy, and a fair deal by cleaning up politics.
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Mon 12th Apr 2010
With the General Election on 6th May, there is still time to arrange a postal vote. Voting by post is an easy and convenient way of voting if you are unable to get to the polling station on polling day - for any reason.
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Mon 29th Mar 2010
The first ever TV debate between the three candidates to be the next Chancellor has seen Lib Dem Vince Cable win a clear victory. In a Channel 4 on-line poll carried out immediately after the debate, Vince out-polled both Alistair Darling and George Osborne.
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![Vince Cable [Photo: LDD Pics]](/images/sites/217.160.173.25-3e54d75166df56.63810547/thumbs/316.jpeg "Vince Cable [Photo: LDD Pics]")
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Sun 28th Mar 2010
At 8pm on Monday 29th March, Channel 4 will stage a live debate between the would-be Chancellors, Liberal Democrat Vince Cable, Labour's Alistair Darling and Conservative George Osborne. Krishnan Guru-Murthy will be asking the questions.
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Wed 12th Nov 2008
After decades of campaigning by children's rights advocates, the law was finally changed yesterday (11 November) to place a duty on all maintained schools in England and Wales to consider the views of children and young people. Carolyne Willow, CRAE's national coordinator, says:
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Tue 11th Nov 2008
Conservative confusion means a generation of 16-18 year olds could be criminalised for not staying in school, the Liberal Democrats said today.
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Mon 10th Nov 2008
The Lib Dem Education Team achieved a record number of improvements to the Education and Skills Bill in Parliament in November 2008. Here are the key achievements:
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Wed 19th Jul 2006
Commenting on the acceptance of a Liberal Democrat amendment to the Education and Inspections Bill that would give pupils aged 16 and above the right to absent themselves from collective worship, Baroness Joan Walmsley, Liberal Democrat Education spokesperson in the Lords said:
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Wed 15th Feb 2006
Responding to the Attorney General's statement on the outcome of the shaken baby syndrome cases review, Simon Hughes MP, Liberal Democrat Shadow Attorney General, said:
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Wed 27th Apr 2005
Leader of the Liberal Democrats, Charles Kennedy, and Liberal Democrat Shadow Education Secretary, Phil Willis, today guaranteed that in the core subjects of English, maths, science, modern languages and information and communications technology all secondary school children will be taught by suitably qualified teachers.
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Fri 4th Mar 2005
Addressing the Secondary Heads Association Conference today, Baroness Walmsley said:
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