Earlier today, Nick Clegg sent the following letter to all Liberal Democrat MPs: Like you, I am painfully aware of the pledge we all made to voters on tuition fees ahead of the General Election. Departing from that pledge will be one of the most difficult decisions of my political career. It means doing something

David Howarth Lib Dem spokesman David Howarth argues for a donations cap during debate on the Political Parties and Elections Bill A Liberal Democrat attempt to limit the amount that a donor can give to a political party over the course of a year to £50,000 has been defeated during report stage debate on the Political Parties and Elections Bill. Proposing the amendment, Liberal Democrat ...

The Liberal Democrat leader was the surprise winner of the TV leaders' debate. But is Nick Clegg up to the scrutiny that will come with the political spotlight?

Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg could win this year's general election, says ex US Presidential candidate Howard Dean.

THE wife of Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg has ruled out playing a prominent role in his general election campaign.

Nick Clegg's political future was mapped out yesterday by one of his Liberal Democrat cabinet colleagues, who said the Deputy Prime Minister would make a "tremendous" European Union Commissioner.

DESPITE winning the first "political X-Factor" last week, Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg is apparently not a fan of the real thing.

Nick Clegg has called for unity as the Liberal Democrat conference opens in Liverpool after Lib Dem councillors on three different councils defected to Labour. Barnsley’s only Liberal Democrat councillor, Sharron Brook, who had represented the town’s Dearne Valley South ward as a Liberal Democrat since 2003, told the BBC that: “I went into a briefing on a white paper for children...

Martin Kettle forecasts political storms for the Liberal Democrats to ride out before the arrival of the next general election

If experimental political scientists are one day exposed as having been working in the office of the Liberal Democrat leader, Nick Clegg, that would seem to make sense. At many turns over his first 12 months as leader of the UK's third party, Clegg has done the anti-political thing. He gave a loud (and unflattering) appraisal of the merits of his own shadow cabinet while travelling in public,...