The Social Liberal Forum believes Nick Clegg’s newly promulgated policy to rely on spending cuts raises serious questions.
We believe that this policy has to take into account the following issues:
It could require even deeper cuts in areas like affordable housing, schools and universities that are central for either the growth potential of our economy or [...]
I want to support the new campaign for a “Robin Hood Tax” – really I do. I understand the logic behind the Tobin Tax and have a lot of sympathy for the idea. But there’s something about this campaign… Actually, there are four problems I have with it:
Firstly, the name “Robin Hood [...]
We can only speculate what the Tory campaigns department were thinkin when they launched the now much-spoofed “R.I.P. OFF” poster. In a nutshell it demonstrates all that is wrong with David Cameron’s Conservatives: naive and focused on the wrong priorities.
The campaign is rooted in the fact that the Labour government is considering a charge [...]
The Ideas Factory is a chance for you to pitch your own idea of what should be in the next Liberal Democrat manifesto. The proposal here is not the policy of the Social Liberal Forum. We will however be passing it – and the response it generates – onto the Manifesto Working Group.
The Proposal
Tony Vickers: [...]
The Social Liberal Forum exists to foster debate within and beyond the Liberal Democrats, with the aim of developing social liberal solutions and approaches which reflect these principles and which find popular support.
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