Nick Clegg may be happy to hint at the deals his Liberal Democrats might do with other parties, but his freedom to strike any such agreement is severely limited.

Raising the standard of teachers is a greater priority than reducing class sizes because poor teachers are harming the chances of many children, the shadow schools secretary, Michael Gove, said this morning. In a speech outlining a series of ideas to improve the quality of teachers, Gove rejected a Liberal Democrat proposal that would focus attention on cutting class sizes. Nick Clegg, the Lib Dem...

Nick Clegg has been giving a speech at the think-tank Demos today, setting out his vision for what this Parliament should achieve – and what the Liberal Democrats should get from it. The heart of the argument is in this early section: Now that the Liberal Democrats are in government, liberal ideas are being deployed

The Liberal Democrats will not strike a formal deal with the Conservatives at the next general election, Nick Clegg said on Sunday.

Nick Clegg faces embarrassment after two more of his party's prominent backers denounced his leadership and said they no longer support the Liberal Democrats.

The Welsh Liberal Democrats report: The Welsh Liberal Democrat Assembly Member for South Wales West, Peter Black has welcomed the budget deal between Labour and the Liberal Democrats that will deliver an extra £450 directly to local schools for each child on free school meals. The total package will mean that schools in Swansea, Neath

Nick Clegg, the deputy prime minister, will attempt to wrestle some of the limelight away from his Conservative Coalition partners by claiming the Liberal Democrats are "joint architects of the Government's education policy".

Teachers are to be given "golden handcuffs" of £10,000 to stay in secondary schools in deprived areas as part of a package to improve social mobility announced by ministers today. The moves follow a critical report from the Liberal Democrats yesterday, which showed that the poorest children are still disadvantaged, both educationally and in life despite measures to narrow the gap between ric...

Today the think tank Reform have released a new report 'Making the NHS the best insurance policy in the world'. At the launch the leader of the Liberal Democrats, Nick Clegg, also set out some details of his party's healthcare...

Nick Clegg has written to the leader of the student protests to plead with young people not to turn against the Liberal Democrats over their broken tuition fees promise.