In addition to his speech on Sunday, Nick Clegg is doing a Q+A session on Saturday at the Liberal Democrat spring conference in Birmingham – and this time with an added online twist: Straight after he comes off stage, he’s keen to answer questions sent in from people who are unable to attend the conference. When:

The Conservatives face questions over crime statistics after the House of Commons library raised doubts about claims violent crime has risen 44 per cent under Labour

Each week, Prime Minister's Questions begins with a roll of honour - as it will today. The Prime Minister pays tribute to members of our armed forces killed in Afghanistan. The Leader of the Opposition does likewise. So does the...

Lib Dem shadow home secretary Chris Huhne answers Independent readers’ question in today’s paper. Here are three which caught NewsHound’s eye: Why are you sticking it to Lord Ashcroft when your own leadership campaign was part-funded by a “non-dom”? All parties take contributions from non-dom taxpayers, but the Liberal Democrats do not put them into the House

There are many arguments, and many perspectives, when it comes to how much we need to know about Jon Venables' return to prison.  Yes, too much information – and too much publicity – could forfeit his anonymity.  But too little, and there's the risk that some serious questions about the probation service could remain unanswered.  The boundaries of transparency ...

Easiest way to clear all this up is for a full, independent investigation. Local authority 'business' must be transparent and accountable. Westminster Council's parking department faces EU probe By Ed Davey BBC News, London Westminster Council has insisted it did not break any rules Westminster Council's parking department is being investigated by the European Union over allege...

Castle Point Labour Party is concerned about the proposed development of a 900 megawatt natural gas-fired power station in Coryton. This development is proposed by InterGen, the owner of the existing Coryton Energy Power Station located on The Manorway. InterGen is planning to develop the 900 megawatt natural gas-fired power station, called the Gateway Energy Centre, within the London Gateway site...

Forgot to mention the late fringe meeting, arranged by Positif Politics in my conference round-up. Speaker was Gerry Holtham, who has a nicely relaxed manner, as well as being expert on how Treasury funding is allocated to the devolved nations and the English regions. There were so many questions I'd like to have asked. Got in just one. Top table was too big for a fringe meeting. It should ne...

Yesterday, Pollwatch looked at the state of the parties in January; today it’s the turn of the party leaders. As with all polls, what follows comes with caveats. Only two polling companies – YouGov and Angus RS – this past month asked questions specifically to find out the public’s views of the three main party

Gove did a decent job fielding Jon Snow's questions and then beetled over to the BBC to face Newsnight's Kirsty Wark. Gove's tactic was to keep repeating that the other main parties were bankrolled by men with equally poor senses...