Stories in the media that catch the eye are reported here.
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Friday, 04 December 2009 |
 In this week's edition of the BBC's Question Time. Liberal Democrat chief economic spokesman Vince Cable says the Government should accept the resignations of RBS directors who have apparently threatened to resign over bonuses. View a video clip here .
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Monday, 21 September 2009 |
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Vince Cable calls for fairer taxes for those on lower and middle
incomes at the Liberal Democrats' party conference in Bournemouth. Click here to watch a short clip (on the Guardian web site) where Vince explains where the Liberal Democrats stand relative to Labour and the Conservatives. To read the speech in full click the read more link below.
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Monday, 21 September 2009 |
 Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg: “We celebrate success, we celebrate and support entrepreneurialism, people doing well, earning money. I have no problem with that,” he tells the Independent. “But I think everybody now in Britain recognises that one of the things that went wrong in the get rich quick, spend today don’t care about tomorrow society that Labour presided over the last decade was that we didn’t make Britain fair enough.” Read the full story in The Independent.
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Thursday, 02 July 2009 |
 KGV College's re-building plans have suffered a major setback following the Learning and Skills Council's failure to deliver £40m of funds needed for the work. Southport's MP, John Pugh, said the college had "been led up the garden path by the Learning and Skills Council" and branded the failure to deliver promised funding "a disgrace".
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Wednesday, 17 June 2009 |
 The Daily Express (27th June) picked up on John Pugh's enquiry into why so many local postmen have been subjected to disciplinary treatment and are at risk of losing their jobs.
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