Nick Clegg writes this evening at Comment is Free on the need for the British government to uphold human rights at home as well as abroad. He describes the strengths of British human rights laws, and reminds that the Liberal Democrats will continue to support them in the face of the Tories’ rhetoric or moves

Nick Clegg speechLiberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg declared that Britain has lost its moral authority on human rights issues in a hard-hitting attack on the Government’s stance on immigration. In a speech to Amnesty International to mark Human Rights Day, Nick Clegg warned that the UK is developing a two-tier rights regime, with foreign nationals targeted by draconian measures like ID cards...

Yesterday’s Indy published an interesting account of the findings of ‘private polling for the Liberal Democrats’ under the flattering headline, Is the invisible Clegg a secret weapon for the Lib Dems? The research was scarcely earth-shattering, but there were some interesting conclusions: On Nick Clegg: The research concluded that Mr Clegg was the Liberal Democrats’ best as...

Over at Cancer Research UK’s science update blog, Nick Clegg asnwers questions about the Liberal Democrats plan to do to help beat cancer. Here’s an excerpt: Britain’s cancer survival rates are worse than many of our European neighbours – what are the Liberal Democrats planning to do to tackle this? Nick Clegg – Early detection is key.

Britain's authority on human rights is being destroyed by its abuse of those rights at home, Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg has said.

Only the Liberal Democrats can rescue Britain from its economic "mess", Nick Clegg declared today in a bid to snatch hard-pressed voters from Labour with promises of tax cuts.

Yes, they really do exist. Subsidies for the use of fossil fuels. Obviously this is insane when we’ve also got huge subsidies for the use of non-fossil fuels. The thing is though, it’s different countries offering the different subsidies. It’s the rich western countries subsidising non-fossil while the fossil fuel subsidies are all in poor

The Liberal Democrats would cease to exist as a party if they brought down the Coalition over Europe and triggered an early election, Nick Clegg warned his MPs last night.

Posters branding Nick Clegg as "Cleggzilla", trampling over public services, helped to condemn the Lib Dems to a disastrous result in the 2011 local elections, an internal party inquiry has found.

The Liberal Democrats have been accused of hypocrisy for advertising for unpaid interns just two months after Nick Clegg, their leader, condemned the practice.