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		<title>Do this or the kitten gets it ! Why “taming the Tories” won’t work</title>
		<link>http://socialliberal.net/2013/05/21/do-this-or-the-kitten-gets-it-why-taming-the-tories-wont-work/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=do-this-or-the-kitten-gets-it-why-taming-the-tories-wont-work</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 15:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paula Keaveney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the last few months, Lib Dem activists have been increasingly urged to emphasise the things we are stopping the Conservatives doing.  We are told to make a virtue out of being the brakes, or at least the gears, that<span class="ellipsis">&#8230;</span><div class="read-more"><a href="http://socialliberal.net/2013/05/21/do-this-or-the-kitten-gets-it-why-taming-the-tories-wont-work/">Read more &#8250;</a></div><!-- end of .read-more -->]]></description>
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		<title>Race equality – a new Liberal Democrat approach: SLF/EMLD Conference takes place soon</title>
		<link>http://socialliberal.net/2013/05/14/race-equality-a-new-liberal-democrat-approach-slfemld-conference-takes-place-soon/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=race-equality-a-new-liberal-democrat-approach-slfemld-conference-takes-place-soon</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 09:53:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janice Turner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This article first appeared at Lib Dem Voice &#8211; tickets for the conference referred to can be booked at  Vince Cable, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, is the keynote speaker at one of the most important race<span class="ellipsis">&#8230;</span><div class="read-more"><a href="http://socialliberal.net/2013/05/14/race-equality-a-new-liberal-democrat-approach-slfemld-conference-takes-place-soon/">Read more &#8250;</a></div><!-- end of .read-more -->]]></description>
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		<title>SLF in conversation with: Steve Webb MP, Minister for Pensions</title>
		<link>http://socialliberal.net/2013/05/10/slf-in-conversation-with-steve-webb-mp-minister-for-pensions/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=slf-in-conversation-with-steve-webb-mp-minister-for-pensions</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 13:35:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janice Turner</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[bedroom tax]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Janice Turner]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Steve Webb spoke to SLF Council member and pensions expert Janice Turner, before many of Steve&#8217;s pensions reforms &#8211; supported by the Social Liberal Forum &#8211; were announced in last week&#8217;s Queen&#8217;s Speech. Being a minister at the Department for<span class="ellipsis">&#8230;</span><div class="read-more"><a href="http://socialliberal.net/2013/05/10/slf-in-conversation-with-steve-webb-mp-minister-for-pensions/">Read more &#8250;</a></div><!-- end of .read-more -->]]></description>
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		<title>Putting social liberal values into action</title>
		<link>http://socialliberal.net/2013/05/06/putting-social-liberal-values-into-action/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=putting-social-liberal-values-into-action</link>
		<comments>http://socialliberal.net/2013/05/06/putting-social-liberal-values-into-action/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 08:33:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>prateekbuch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Social Liberal Forum campaigns for policies that promote social justice and to narrow gaps in opportunity and power between the rich and poor, as a way of freeing society from poverty, ignorance and conformity. As we launch this new<span class="ellipsis">&#8230;</span><div class="read-more"><a href="http://socialliberal.net/2013/05/06/putting-social-liberal-values-into-action/">Read more &#8250;</a></div><!-- end of .read-more -->]]></description>
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		<title>SLF in the media &#8211; archive</title>
		<link>http://socialliberal.net/2013/05/06/slf-in-the-media-archive/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=slf-in-the-media-archive</link>
		<comments>http://socialliberal.net/2013/05/06/slf-in-the-media-archive/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 07:41:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>prateekbuch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Daily Mail, 03/08/12: Cameron risks Lib Dem backlash as he gives in to Tory rebels and kills off plans to reform House of Lords Huffington Post, 20/07/12: Liberal Democrats Should Stop Looking for Reasons to Leave the Coalition… And Start<span class="ellipsis">&#8230;</span><div class="read-more"><a href="http://socialliberal.net/2013/05/06/slf-in-the-media-archive/">Read more &#8250;</a></div><!-- end of .read-more -->]]></description>
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		<title>Government agrees to retain Equality Duty under pressure from SLF and EMLD</title>
		<link>http://socialliberal.net/2013/04/25/government-agrees-to-retain-equality-duty-under-pressure-from-slf-and-emld/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=government-agrees-to-retain-equality-duty-under-pressure-from-slf-and-emld</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 09:14:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>prateekbuch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Janice Turner, SLF Council member A joint campaign by the SLF and Ethnic Minority Liberal Democrats has succeeded in persuading the government to back down over abolition of the Equality and Human Rights Commission&#8217;s General Duty. The proposal was to abolish<span class="ellipsis">&#8230;</span><div class="read-more"><a href="http://socialliberal.net/2013/04/25/government-agrees-to-retain-equality-duty-under-pressure-from-slf-and-emld/">Read more &#8250;</a></div><!-- end of .read-more -->]]></description>
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		<title>Questioning the &#8220;bedroom tax&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://socialliberal.net/2013/03/26/questioning-the-bedroom-tax/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=questioning-the-bedroom-tax</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 08:24:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>prateekbuch</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://socialliberal.net/?p=2341</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Paula Keaveney At the Liberal Democrat Spring Conference recently, I asked three questions about the so called “bedroom tax”. I got a range of answers , although the one that saddened me the most mainly focused on whether the words “bedroom<span class="ellipsis">&#8230;</span><div class="read-more"><a href="http://socialliberal.net/2013/03/26/questioning-the-bedroom-tax/">Read more &#8250;</a></div><!-- end of .read-more -->]]></description>
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		<title>Government implements more SLF policy on pensions</title>
		<link>http://socialliberal.net/2013/03/22/government-implements-more-slf-policy-on-pensions/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=government-implements-more-slf-policy-on-pensions</link>
		<comments>http://socialliberal.net/2013/03/22/government-implements-more-slf-policy-on-pensions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 15:21:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>prateekbuch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By SLF Council member and pensions expert Janice Turner Millions of private sector members of final salary and career average pension schemes have a better chance of a decent retirement after the government implemented more SLF pensions policy in this week’s<span class="ellipsis">&#8230;</span><div class="read-more"><a href="http://socialliberal.net/2013/03/22/government-implements-more-slf-policy-on-pensions/">Read more &#8250;</a></div><!-- end of .read-more -->]]></description>
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		<title>Budget 2013 &#8211; reaction</title>
		<link>http://socialliberal.net/2013/03/20/budget-2013-reaction/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=budget-2013-reaction</link>
		<comments>http://socialliberal.net/2013/03/20/budget-2013-reaction/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 16:30:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>prateekbuch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Budget contains some welcome measures, especially on childcare costs and raising the personal tax allowance to £10,000 next year. The latter is a Liberal Democrat commitment being delivered in government, and will go some way to ease the spiraling cost of<span class="ellipsis">&#8230;</span><div class="read-more"><a href="http://socialliberal.net/2013/03/20/budget-2013-reaction/">Read more &#8250;</a></div><!-- end of .read-more -->]]></description>
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		<title>Guardian, 10/03/13: Liberal Democrat leadership blocks debate on economy at conference</title>
		<link>http://socialliberal.net/2013/03/11/guardian-100313-liberal-democrat-leadership-blocks-debate-on-economy-at-conference/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=guardian-100313-liberal-democrat-leadership-blocks-debate-on-economy-at-conference</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 14:07:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>prateekbuch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Prateek Buch, director of the Social Liberal Forum (SLF) pressure group, said: &#8220;I cannot understand how a serious party of government can decide, against the democratic will of our members, not to debate the single most important issue that faces<span class="ellipsis">&#8230;</span><div class="read-more"><a href="http://socialliberal.net/2013/03/11/guardian-100313-liberal-democrat-leadership-blocks-debate-on-economy-at-conference/">Read more &#8250;</a></div><!-- end of .read-more -->]]></description>
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