Vince Cable is the public’s preferred choice for Chancellor, according to a poll by PoliticsHome. Of the general public polled, 31% chose Vince Cable above George Osborne, Alistair Darling, Ken Clarke, Peter Mandelson and Ed Balls. The poll also found that 79% of Liberal Democrat voters supported Vince Cable for the job, while Osborne and Darling received

Yesterday’s Mail carried Lib Dem deputy leader Vince Cable’s clarion call for his opposite number at the Treasury, Labour Chancellor Alistair Darling, to resign. (He was later joined by Nick Clegg - you can hear the interview with him HERE - who is looking for another scalp after taking Speaker Michael Martin’s a fortnight ago).

Commenting on Alistair Darling’s speech at the Labour conference, Liberal Democrat Shadow Chancellor, Vince Cable said: "Talk about mood swings. We had a long period of complacency, followed by total despair a couple of weeks ago, only for the Chancellor to return to complacency in front of his party faithful." Vince Cable continued, saying: “The truth is that the British economy is in...

In his speech to party conference in Bournemouth, Liberal Democrat Shadow Chancellor Vince Cable argues that government should do fewer things well, rather than many things badly, freeing up the resources to give tax cuts to ordinary people.

Liberal Democrat Shadow Chancellor, Vince Cable has called for the Government to be clearer in its response to the financial crisis. Speaking after Alistair Darling pledged to do whatever was necessary to support the banking system, Mr Cable called for all parties to work together in the national interest. He insisted it was “not a time for recrimination about past mistakes”, but argue...

Vince Cable questions the Chancellor over the conditionality of the rescue package, and calls for reposession to be made the very last resort when people are facing difficulties with mortgage repayment. Responding to the statement in Parliament by Chancellor Alistair Darling, on the Government's bank rescue plan and a cut in interest rates, Liberal Democrat Shadow Chancellor Vincent Cable sai...

The Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesman is now the bookies' favourite to be the next Chancellor The Political Betting website is always worth a look and today it has a fascinating piece about the betting on Vince Cable to succeed Alastair Darling as Chancellor. The Betfair next chancellor market (something I must say I didn't know existed) now has him as favourite at 2.15/1. The site quo...

Vince CableLib Dem Shadow Chancellor Vince Cable responds to the government statement on an ‘asset protection scheme’ for banks The Government's latest proposals for tackling the bank crisis are "absolutely dire", Liberal Democrat Shadow Chancellor Vince Cable has told Parliament. Speaking in response to the Chancellor's statement on the asset protection scheme for banks, Dr ...

Vince Cable has held talks with the Treasury about becoming Chancellor of the Exchequer in a coalition government as two more polls point to the likelihood of a hung parliament.

Vince CableSpeaking ahead of the Pre-Budget Report, Liberal Democrat Shadow Chancellor, Vince Cable said: "The Liberal Democrats welcome the Government's recognition that radical action is now needed, reflecting the dire and deteriorating position of the UK economy. But if the Government is going to borrow more money, this should be spent only on capital investment, not on short-term tax cuts...