The Observer reports: The Liberal Democrats are facing an embarrassing High Court battle with a lawyer who says that the party wrongly accepted £632,000 of his money as part of a donation. Robert Mann, 60, claims that the party failed to carry out adequate checks on the money which was received as part of a £2.4m gift from the financier Michael Brown. ...A Liberal Democrat official confirmed

The third annual Liberal Democrat Blog of the Year awards, run in conjunction with Liberal Democrat Voice, will be awarded at the party's autumn conference in Bournemouth.There are six awards, with new categories featuring alongside old favourites - including the Blog of the Year award itself.The categories are: Best new Liberal Democrat blog (started since 1st August 2007) Best blog from a Libera...

Of course, the Guardian isn't irredeemably in the pocket of the Labour Party. On Friday, they reported on the Electoral Commission's misgivings over Labour's new campaign finance proposals. Politics is irredeemably linked with money. Politicians spend money (ours, for the most part), raise money for campaigning, and tell people what they can or can't do with their money. As a Liberal Democrat, I

Chris HuhneVictory for cross-party alliance forces Government rethink over right to live in UK for Gurkhas who have fought for Britain The Government have suffered a rare defeat, on a Liberal Democrat opposition day motion calling for them to revise their proposals and ensure that an equal right of residence is extended to all Gurkhas. 27 Labour MPs joined Liberal Democrats, Conserv...

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 ...

Leading Government Ministers, Party Leaders and European Commissioners from Liberal Democratic parties across Europe, meeting in London at the invitation of Deputy Prime Minister and Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg, and under the aegis of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform party (ELDR), yesterday made the following declaration. Jobs, Growth & Reform Europe is at

Tonight has been the Liberal Democrat Blog of the Year awards, with the prizes going to: Best new Liberal Democrat blog: The People’s Republic of Mortimer Best use of blogging or social networking by a Liberal Democrat: Baroness Ros Scott’s campaign for party president The Tim Garden Award (for the best blog by a Liberal Democrat holding public

The chief secretary to the Treasury and Liberal Democrat MP David Law, is fighting for his political life after agreeing to pay back £40,000 in expenses he claimed to pay rent on a room in the home of his long-term partner. After using the election campaign to tell us that the Liberal party were whiter than white. I bet the all those Liberal candidates are wondering why I bothered to campaig...

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 ...

CARDIFF Central Liberal Democrat AM Jenny Randerson last night defended paying more than £20,000 in taxpayers’ money to her party for office space over two years.