Tag: Liberal Democrats

• Tuesday, April 27th 2010 - 18:13 UTC

  UK Think Tank Warns About Drastic Spending Cuts After Election Day

  

  All three British major political parties are failing to come clean on spending cuts that will need to be at least as deep as the 1970s, a leading think tank warned Tuesday. Repairing the public finances will be the 'defining domestic policy task of the next government', the Institute for Fiscal Studies said at a special election briefing.

• Monday, April 26th 2010 - 06:04 UTC

  Lib-Democrats Discard Support for PM Brown if Labour is Third in Popular Vote

  

  Britain’s Liberal Democrats said they would not back Primer Minister Gordon Brown if his party came third in the popular vote on May 6, even if the nation's electoral system gave Labour the most parliamentary seats.

• Saturday, April 24th 2010 - 01:03 UTC

  Tory Leader Cameron Gains Ground in Latest Debate according to Polls

  

  British Conservative leader David Cameron gained ground on the Liberal Democrats' Nick Clegg in the leaders’ debate, as polls gave conflicting verdicts on which of the two won.