I really, really hope that Nick Clegg, leader of the UK Liberal Democrats, does not hold the balance of power at the next General Election, if this Spectator article, "Can Nick Clegg Sing the Blues?", is a guide (the article is behind the Speccie's subscription firewall). Mr Clegg, the article says, is trying to reach out to supposed Conservative voters by arguing for tax cuts. But as is clea...
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Samizdata on 12th Mar 2010 (via samizdata.net)
A new report has revealed that 35 out of the Liberal Democrats 53 English seats could be lost to the Conservatives unless they promise tax cuts. Coincidentally Lib Dem Leader Nick Clegg has promised £20 billion in tax cuts condemning...
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TaxPayersAlliance on 15th Sep 2008 (via tpa.typepad.com)
Conservative plans to give married couples a tax break must take second place behind a Liberal Democrat tax cut for low-earners, Nick Clegg has insisted.
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Telegraph on 3rd Feb 2012 (via telegraph.feedsportal.com)
Tax cuts for low earners due later this year will save the Liberal Democrats from electoral disaster, Nick Clegg has claimed.
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Telegraph on 10th Jan 2011 (via telegraph.co.uk)
The Liberal Democrats would cut £20 billion from Government spending to fund tax cuts for low and middle-earners, the party's leader Nick Clegg has said.
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Telegraph on 17th Jul 2008 (via telegraph.co.uk)
The Liberal Democrats plan to offer a big cut in income tax at the next election in an attempt to win over middle Britain.
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Telegraph on 6th Sep 2008 (via telegraph.co.uk)
Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg has been accused of hypocrisy for allowing the Liberal Democrats to take hundreds of thousands in donations from companies which pay only a small amount of tax in the UK.
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Telegraph on 8th Apr 2010 (via telegraph.co.uk)
Nick Clegg has claimed that the Liberal Democrats will be saved at this year's crucial local elections by the Coalition's tax cuts for the poor.
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Telegraph on 10th Jan 2011 (via telegraph.co.uk)
Nick Clegg today sought to reposition the Liberal Democrats by committing his party to a cut in the overall tax burden
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Guardian on 17th Jul 2008 (via guardian.co.uk)
I have been waiting for some time for Nick Clegg to announce that Liberal Democrat plans to offer net tax cuts at the General Election are no longer realistic in the present economic climate. According to the Financial Times Nick has now said that the drastic deterioration in the public finances since the policy was adopted means that overall tax cuts in the short term are "implausible". Effective...
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PeterBlack on 27th Mar 2009 (via peterblack.blogspot.com)
Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg has been accused of hypocrisy for allowing the Liberal Democrats to take hundreds of thousands in donations from companies which pay only a small amount of tax in the UK.
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Telegraph on 19th Apr 2010 (via telegraph.co.uk)