http://socialliberal.net Mon, 21 May 2012 19:43:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://socialliberal.net/2012/03/16/making-tax-fairer/ http://socialliberal.net/2012/03/16/making-tax-fairer/#comments Fri, 16 Mar 2012 10:19:54 +0000 prateekbuch http://socialliberal.net/?p=1539 “With Chancellor George Osborne finalising next week’s budget, the Social Liberal Forum reaffirms the Liberal Democrat commitment to fair taxation and urges the government to consider the political implications of cutting taxes on income for the highest earners. Of course … Continue reading →

]]> http://socialliberal.net/2012/03/16/making-tax-fairer/feed/ 4 http://socialliberal.net/2012/03/12/lib-dem-pensions-proposals-authored-by-slf-are-big-news-in-the-industry/ http://socialliberal.net/2012/03/12/lib-dem-pensions-proposals-authored-by-slf-are-big-news-in-the-industry/#comments Mon, 12 Mar 2012 15:41:11 +0000 Joe Jordan http://socialliberal.net/?p=1522 Janice Turner’s pensions motion, passed at Lib Dem Conference in Newcastle Gateshead last weekend, is causing a stir in the pensions industry. In an article last Friday, the Profesional Pensions news site posted an article saying: Liberal Democrat and experienced … Continue reading →

]]> http://socialliberal.net/2012/03/12/lib-dem-pensions-proposals-authored-by-slf-are-big-news-in-the-industry/feed/ 0 http://socialliberal.net/2012/03/12/social-liberal-forum-update/ http://socialliberal.net/2012/03/12/social-liberal-forum-update/#comments Mon, 12 Mar 2012 13:39:09 +0000 KellyMarieBlundell http://socialliberal.net/?p=1520 You can download the Kindle version of Prateek Buch’s pamplet on Plan C. It can be found here Also registration for our own SLF conference is now open. Please book early – it will help us enormously with the planning. … Continue reading →

]]> http://socialliberal.net/2012/03/12/social-liberal-forum-update/feed/ 0 http://socialliberal.net/2012/03/12/liberal-democrat-conference-does-not-support-the-health-and-social-care-bill/ http://socialliberal.net/2012/03/12/liberal-democrat-conference-does-not-support-the-health-and-social-care-bill/#comments Mon, 12 Mar 2012 08:48:30 +0000 prateekbuch http://socialliberal.net/?p=1510 “The Social Liberal Forum welcomes the vote by the Liberal Democrat conference not to support Andrew Lansley’s Health and Social Care Bill. It is a poorly-conceived, muddled mess that exposes patients to increased risk and lands frontline health professionals with … Continue reading →

]]> http://socialliberal.net/2012/03/12/liberal-democrat-conference-does-not-support-the-health-and-social-care-bill/feed/ 0 http://socialliberal.net/2012/03/08/plan-c-a-distinctively-lib-dem-economic-strategy/ http://socialliberal.net/2012/03/08/plan-c-a-distinctively-lib-dem-economic-strategy/#comments Thu, 08 Mar 2012 19:39:54 +0000 Joe Jordan http://socialliberal.net/?p=1486 Plan C has been released today on the Amazon store, in electronic form. It sets out the Social Liberal Forum’s proposals for the economy, which we hope to see adopted by the Liberal Democrats as a distinct policy from both … Continue reading →

]]> http://socialliberal.net/2012/03/08/plan-c-a-distinctively-lib-dem-economic-strategy/feed/ 10 http://socialliberal.net/2012/02/19/south-central-social-liberal-forum-event/ http://socialliberal.net/2012/02/19/south-central-social-liberal-forum-event/#comments Sun, 19 Feb 2012 20:15:10 +0000 KellyMarieBlundell http://socialliberal.net/?p=1451 We are pleased to tell you about another Social Liberal Forum event happening in the South Central region – “The Health and Social Care Bill: is it now good enough?”. The regional Liberal Democrat conference is taking place on Saturday 25th February in … Continue reading →

]]> http://socialliberal.net/2012/02/19/south-central-social-liberal-forum-event/feed/ 0 http://socialliberal.net/2012/02/10/unworkable-and-unnecessary-elements-of-health-bill-should-be-dropped/ http://socialliberal.net/2012/02/10/unworkable-and-unnecessary-elements-of-health-bill-should-be-dropped/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:04:41 +0000 prateekbuch http://socialliberal.net/?p=1438 “The Social Liberal Forum and senior Lib Dems with expert knowledge of the NHS have long believed that the Health and Social Care Bill is seriously flawed and should only be enacted if substantially amended. It has now emerged that senior … Continue reading →

]]> http://socialliberal.net/2012/02/10/unworkable-and-unnecessary-elements-of-health-bill-should-be-dropped/feed/ 18 http://socialliberal.net/2012/02/01/slf-welcomes-cancellation-of-coalition-2-0/ http://socialliberal.net/2012/02/01/slf-welcomes-cancellation-of-coalition-2-0/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:00:12 +0000 socialliberalforum http://socialliberal.net/?p=1420 The Social Liberal Forum welcomes confirmation in the Independent on Sunday that there will be no new fixed coalition agreement for the second half of this parliament. There is a lot more work to do on several bills currently passing … Continue reading →

]]> http://socialliberal.net/2012/02/01/slf-welcomes-cancellation-of-coalition-2-0/feed/ 3 http://socialliberal.net/2012/01/31/ian-swales-mp-to-be-guest-speaker-at-slf-north-east-meeting/ http://socialliberal.net/2012/01/31/ian-swales-mp-to-be-guest-speaker-at-slf-north-east-meeting/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:30:50 +0000 Maryreid http://socialliberal.net/?p=1414 Following a successful first meeting before Christmas, the Social Liberal Forum North East branch are delighted to be welcoming Ian Swales, MP for Redcar, as guest speaker at their next meeting. The meeting will take place on Friday 10th February … Continue reading →

]]> http://socialliberal.net/2012/01/31/ian-swales-mp-to-be-guest-speaker-at-slf-north-east-meeting/feed/ 0 http://socialliberal.net/2012/01/26/nick-clegg-rightly-calls-for-the-tax-system-to-be-made-fairer/ http://socialliberal.net/2012/01/26/nick-clegg-rightly-calls-for-the-tax-system-to-be-made-fairer/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:30:33 +0000 prateekbuch http://socialliberal.net/?p=1396 Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg told the Resolution Foundation today that Liberal Democrats will seek to aid those on low and middle incomes by raising the personal income tax threshold further and faster than previously assumed. Already a significant example … Continue reading →

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