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But Downing Street dismissed a call by the Lib Dem deputy leader, Simon Hughes, for Lansley to quit. The prime minister's spokesman said: "It's not an issue for Simon Hughes. The government is fully behind the health bill." Hours later, Nick Clegg told...
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Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg appealed to businesses on Monday to sign up to the coalition’s drive to tackle youth unemployment. The £1 billion Youth Contract is intended to create at least 410,000 new work places for 18 to 24-year-olds over the next...
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WATFORD, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 06: Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg (L) and the newly appointed energy secretary Ed Davey (R) visit BRE (Building Research Establishment) on February 6, 2012 in Watford, England. BRE advise governments, industry and... View Photo »
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The continued existence of illegal settlements risks making facts on the ground such that a two-state solution becomes unviable. That, in turn, will do nothing to safeguard the security of Israel itself or of Israeli citizens. That is why I condemn the continued illegal settlement activity in the strong...
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Nick Clegg calls calling on businesses to sign up to the government's £1bn Youth Contract : Les Bonner
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Clegg, the Deputy Prime Minister and Liberal Democrat leader, is calling on businesses to sign up to the government’s flagship £1bn Youth Contract so that they are ready to offer the jobs to young people in April. Thousands of companies will today...
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When another party’s senior ranks is being more vocal in defending your job than much of your own side, things are not going well. But it also leaves Nick Clegg and other Liberal Democrat Cabinet members in a rather bizarre position: being keener in...
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Andrew Lansley. Downing Street launched an offensive, dismissing a call by the Lib Dem deputy party leader, Simon Hughes, for Lansley to leave office. The prime minister's spokesman said: "It's not an issue for Simon Hughes. The government is fully...
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WATFORD, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 06: Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg (L) and the newly appointed energy secretary Ed Davey (C) are shown around by BRE Group Cheif Executive Peter Bonfield (R) while visiting BRE (Building Research Establishment) on... View Photo »
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What does the local Lib Dem party think of having such a representative and even more importantly what does the Lib Dem Leader Nick Clegg have to say on the subject? … Today, Clegg’s non response is, frankly, deafening.
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Cameron, meanwhile, is not expecting to receive an invitation to join the Sarkozy campaign. He and the French president have been engaged in an on-off war over the handling the euro crisis for six months. Cameron will be accompanied by his pro-European...
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Mr Hughes is the first member of the Lib Dem leadership to call for Mr Lansley's departure. Nick Clegg, the party's leader, has refused publicly to criticise the NHS plans after winning major changes to them last year. Experts reject claims of...
About Nick Clegg
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Nicholas William Peter Clegg (born 7 January 1967), known as Nick Clegg, is the British Member of Parliament for Sheffield Hallam and, since 18 December 2007, leader of the Liberal Democrats. Full Article
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