Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has defended the government's plans to hold a referendum on changing the Westminster voting system against claims that its proposed timing is dangerous".

Nick Clegg has announced the coalition government's plans to reform the electoral system and give 'power to the people'.

Nick Clegg has just made a statement in the House of Commons outlining the Government’s proposals for political and constitutional reform, including plans for a referendum on the use of the Alternative Vote system in the UK. The statement included the announcement of two important dates: the date for the AV Referendum (in the Bill

Nick Clegg's plan for a May referendum on changing the electoral system is being threatened by a power-struggle in the House of Lords.

Tory leader enters formal talks with Nick Clegg to secure a deal to force Gordon Brown from Number 10.

More than 40 Tory MPs have signed a Commons motion protesting at plans by Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg to hold a referendum on voting reform on the same day as key elections in Scotland and Wales.

Nick Clegg set out plans to 'fix Britain's broken political system', including a referendum on electoral reform next May and a boundary review to cut the number of MPs from 650 to 600

A referendum on AV was the concession that Nick Clegg felt he needed to get a coalition deal with the Tories past his party. But the referendum poses obvious dangers to the coalition, just imagine the sight of Nick Clegg and the leader of the Labour party sharing a platform to denounce the Tories' 'reactionary' opposition to electoral reform.   The Guardian this morning reports...

DEPUTY Prime Minister Nick Clegg slipped up on his first outing at the despatch box yesterday, by saying the government would campaign for a Yes vote in a referendum on more

DEPUTY Prime Minister Nick Clegg has been told by one his own Lib Dem MSPs that he is wrong to insist on holding the referendum on voting reform on the same day as the Scottis