The debates and disputes around the Liberal Democrats’ Bournemouth conference give a taste of what is likely to be a tricky process of drawing up the party’s manifesto for the next general election. Formally, there is a three part process to that manifesto: the manifesto working group chaired by Danny Alexander will present work to the

Liberal Democrat Party's policies and manifesto for the general election 2010: key issues and policy overview.

The launch of a party’s general election manifesto is a big story, so we’ve been covering it in a series of posts here on The Voice in the last 24 hours. If you’re just catching up on our coverage now, here’s a summary of the posts: Liberal Democrat manifesto: advance peek – everyone can read the

Here is my chapter from the Total Politics Guide to the 2010 General Election, looking at the prospects for the Liberal Democrats: The 1997 general election turned out to be a once in a generation opportunity for many local Liberal Democrat campaign teams to gain a Parliamentary seat from the Conservatives. At the tail end of

Finally, at long last, it looks like we'll be fighting the next general election on a progressive taxation platform. We're taxing the rich more to cut taxes for the poor. Sounds like a very good idea to me. This move will not happen until after the next general election in order to keep Labour's 2005 manifesto promise to not raise income tax. VAT is likely to cut to 15% in tomorrow&...

Conservative leader is launching his general election manifesto plans alongside an aggressive campaign to seize an early lead with voters in marginal constituencies.

In an ambitious speech at Westminster, the Conservative leader will launch his general election manifesto plans alongside an aggressive campaign to seize an early lead in marginal constituencies.

It’s an unnecessarily well-kept secret that the Liberal Democrats have already achieved much in Government since the General Election. Despite the Guardian saying today that “the Liberal Democrats have rushed out a checklist of 67 party manifesto commitments already or nearly achieved in eight months in office” it’s not that easy to find the checklist

Flicking through old general election manifestos of the Liberal Democrats and our predecessor parties at the weekend, I was surprised to find how recent references to concerns over the pattern of media ownership in the UK are. It really is only with the 1997 general election manifesto that explicit policies about protecting or improving the

In 2015, as we approach the general election, it will be exactly 70 years since the 1945 general election. When we draw up our 2015 manifesto, we need to remember the lessons of 1945. That election saw the Labour party, after several years in a coalition government for reasons of the national interest, cast aside