Nick Clegg launches ‘My Personal Guarantee’

Nick Clegg‘s pledge reads: “This is my personal guarantee that I will use all the support you give me on Thursday to deliver fairness in Britain. “We need a fairer tax system. I will use your votes to cut taxes for those at the bottom and in the middle and close the loopholes for those [...]

A tax cut you can believe in

Dear Friend, This morning, at our first press conference of the campaign, Vince Cable and I announced the fair tax policy at the heart of our General Election manifesto (which will be launched soon). I am asking you to make a difference to our campaign by passing this message on to five friends who are [...]

The equality Trust

I was sent information about the Equality Trust from a local resident, Sheila Marsh. The Trust calls on Prospective Parliamentary Candidates to sign up to the following pledge: “Compelling new evidence presented by The Equality Trust shows that more equal societies – those with a narrower gap between rich and poor – are more cohesive, [...]

Mencap get my support

UK charity Mencap are running a campaign called ‘Get My Vote’, which is promoting election accessibility to those with learning disabilities.  At the last general election only 2 out of 10 people with a learning disability used their vote, compared to 6 out of 10 of the whole UK population. I am pleased to support [...]

Don’t trust the Conservatives with the NHS

As anyone who knows me will tell you, I am a passionate supporter of the NHS. I absolutely believe in high quality local medical facilities. The  NHS has always been incredibly complex but has been made even more so by the “people upstairs” and it is making it very difficult for even experts to know [...]

Rail users Survey

A big Thank You to the local Lib Dem team who were at Woking station on Friday 18 February distributing my rail survey to early morning travellers. The survey asked passengers about how often they travel by train, how they get to the station and their experience at the station and on the train. We [...]

CLEGG: Clean Up Parliament in 100 Days by cancelling the Summer Recess

CLEGG: Clean Up Parliament in 100 Days by cancelling the Summer Recess 5.15.10pm BST (GMT +0100) Sat 30th May 2009 Nick Clegg MP with local parliamentary campaigner Rosie Sharpley Warm words and rhetoric are easy. We must seize the mood and enact a radical programme of reform within 100 days. Finally the dam has broken, and everyone is [...]