Over the few days since the coalition government was announced I’ve been dismayed to hear several Liberal Democrat members say they will rip up their membership cards in protest.  Whilst many are understandably disappointed that we now have a Conservative Prime Minister, or that we don’t have a Liberal Democrat Prime Minister, a coalition government

This statement dropped into our mailbox shortly before 2am this morning. “Tonight the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Party and the Federal Executive of the Liberal Democrat party have overwhelmingly accepted my recommendation that we should now enter into a coalition government with the Conservative Party.” “Before I say anything more about that coalition government I would like ...

How will the Conservative - Liberal Democrat coalition government work?

Much of the debate on the deal between the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats to form a coalition government has focused on how "strange" it was for the two parties to enter a partnership. In The Liberal Democrat Journey, published by Compass, Dr Richard Grayson details the transformation of the Liberal Democrats over the past decade and shows why the coalition is not all that alien.

Long-standing Liberal Democrat conditions for it to join a coalition government have been disclosed.

Tomorrow’s announcement on university funding is a big moment for the coalition. It will show that the Conservative and Liberal Democrat leaderships have been able to come to agreement on a subject where they thought the differences were insurmountable just five months ago when they negotiated the coalition agreement. Indeed, in their months together in government, the two sides have managed...

Liberal Democrats have declared their support for the views of the party's ministers who said that they could not trust their Conservative Coalition partners.

The Liberal Democrat Conference is likely to highlight tensions within the Coalition after delegates were invited to reject a major plank of the Government's education policy.

It still seems strange to think of the Liberal Democrat party being part of the Government with Liberal Democrats sitting in the Cabinet. The announcement of the coalition with the Conservative party was a bitter sweet moment – at last, we were entering Government, but we were doing so with a party we have long

PRIME MINISTER David Cameron and his Liberal Democrat partner Nick Clegg set about chosing the political figures that will make up the coalition cabinet.