Nick Clegg speechNick Clegg congratulates Barack Obama on his US election victory and says Britain should follow his lead with tax cuts for people on low and middle incomes. At Prime Minister's question time on the day after the American presidential election, Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg joined other party leaders in congratulating Barack Obama on his victory. Nick then pointed out tha...

Nick Clegg Bournemouth 2008Liberal Democrat leader, Nick Clegg MP, has criticised the Pre-Budget Report, saying the VAT cut will not benefit hard-pressed families. Speaking at Prime Minister's Questions, he called for genuine fairness in the tax system, tax cuts for low earners and a removal of tax loopholes. Read the full exchange below:  Mr. Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam) (LD): May I a...

Liberal Democrat leader, Nick Clegg MP, called upon the Government at Prime Minister’s Questions to simplify the tax credit system by offering fixed payments to low-income families He said the over-complicated system meant 10 times as many families were being dragged to court to pay back incorrectly claimed tax credits, adding to recession woes. Read the full exchange below:  Mr. Nick C...

Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg would seek to push through tax cuts to help ordinary working households through the economic downturn were he in government, he said yesterday.

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.

The Liberal Democrat leader slams Members of the Lords relying on residency loophole to avoid taxes Speaking at Prime Minister's Questions, Nick Clegg asked the Prime Minister to support a Private Member's Bill to ensure peers - "who make the law of this country" - pay their taxes in full. He said if anyone deserved a tax break it was the millions of ordinary British taxpayers completing...

Liberal Democrat leader accuses Brown of allowing companies to avoid £14 billion of taxes Speaking at Prime Minister's Questions, Nick Clegg urged the Prime Minister to clamp down on tax avoidance by Britain's biggest firms. Big companies, he said, were taking advantage of tax loopholes to avoid paying £14 billion in corporation tax alone. He accused Gordon Brown of ...

Nick Clegg is facing a conference rebellion by leftwing Liberal Democrat MPs and activists trying to block his plans to commit the party to tax cuts.

Nick Clegg, the Liberal Democrat leader, will tonight reaffirm his demand for tax cuts worth £18bn for low and middle income earners. With Labour and the Conservatives proposing rival tax-cutting strategies in the hope of reviving the economy, Clegg will criticise both parties for the "small-mindedness" of their plans. And he will claim that Lib Dem policies could "fundamentally rebalance Br...

Finally, the right line from Prime Minister’s Questions – and it’s one that Gordon Brown will fear the most. “What people need now is more money in their pockets. He could deliver big tax cuts for people who desperately need help”. It was from Nick Clegg. You can argue – as I do –  that the Liberal Democrats’ proposed tax cut is paltry...