The Telegraph has now published its Lib Dem MPs’ expenses revelations. At first glance, my initial reaction is… phew: compared to the Labour and Tory abuses covered in previous days it looks like the Lib Dem expense claims are - relatively speaking - minor. Of course, I realise that’s not entirely the point - to

Jude Robinson is challenging Lib Dem MP Julia Goldsworthy to let the voters in Camborne, Redruth and Hayle know her views on a Lib Dem/Tory pact for government. It has been widely reported in the press this week that Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg has indicated that if the 2010 General Election resulted in no single party winning an outright Commons majority, Lib Dem MPs would swing their votes behind ...

Three months ago Lib Dem Voice reported that David Murray had withdrawn as Lib Dem candidate for the Shropshire seat of The Wrekin as the result of an on-going police investigation. The BBC reports the outcome of the case: The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said there was insufficient evidence to prosecute him and no further

As I surveyed the first wave of coverage of the Telegraph’s focus on Lib Dem MPs’ expenses last night, my initial reaction was captured by the headline: “it could’ve been worse (and might still be)”. That’s still my feeling. So far as I can work out, ten Lib Dem MPs have been identified by the

There’s good news for Lib Dem candidate Stephen Lloyd in his campaign to win the Tory seat of Eastbourne – one of his residents, a former Tory MP, has pledged to vote for Stephen declaring the Lib Dem “will prove to be a dedicated, open and hardworking member of parliament for the Eastbourne constituency”. The

THE fault lines underneath the Lib-Con pact were exposed last night after a Lib-Dem MSP issued a fierce attack on a neighbouring Tory colleague, describing him as "stupid&

Now the Lib Dems are riding high in the polls, they attract greater scrutiny – which, to put it mildly, they do not always stand up to. In this week’s Spectator, we look at what can be seen as the Lib Dem vice. They may not charge for duck houses, or mortgages. But they do specialise in taking money intended for MPs expenses, and finding “innovative” ways of putting it into...

Last week Lib Dem Voice reported on Shenanigans in Cumbria, and the likely break-up of the Tory/Lib Dem coalition which has run the County Council since 2001 following the dismissal by the Conservative council leader of his Liberal Democrat deputy, Joan Stocker. Well, now, the inevitable has come to pass, and the Lib Dems have

Campaigning Lib Dem MP Norman Baker gives his take on the expenses saga that has a seen a wave of new revelations this time about some 'legitimate' Tory expenses Westminster’s expenses scandal goes from bad to worse – just when you thought it had hit rock bottom. There’s the latest revelations, this time involving Tory MPs and swimming pool repairs, moat clearing, chandeliers, and vas...

Gordon Brown is expected to meet the Tory and Lib Dem leaders later to discuss plans to overhaul MPs' expenses.