Welcome to politics.co.uk's As-It-Happens page. Here you can keep up to date with major parliamentary debates, press conferences or news events in real time. Just hit refresh on your browser to see the latest development.Nick Clegg is set to deliver his first conference speech as party leader today, after overseeing a successful redirection of his party's policies on taxation. Mr Clegg easily won a vote on whether to adopt a policy of tax cuts for low and middle income families, despite protests from some in the party that it was now occupying the same space as the Conservatives. He is expected to return to that theme today. But the debate, and the conference in general, failed to receive the level of media coverage Mr Clegg would have hoped for. The party conference is one of those rare times the Liberal Democrats can rely on definite media coverage, but the financial chaos on both sides of the Atlantic and Gordon Brown's continuing leadership nightmare have robbed them of vital attention. Despite not suffering from any particular threat to his leadership, Mr Clegg will want to end the conference on a strong note, sending his members home with a smile on their face. The speech is set to be delivered at 12:07 BST.
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Clegg speech as-it-happens
Mr Clegg's speech will close the Lib Dem conference
Welcome to politics.co.uk's As-It-Happens page. Here you can keep up to date with major parliamentary debates, press conferences or news events in real time. Just hit refresh on your browser to see the latest development.Nick Clegg is set to deliver his first conference speech as party leader today, after overseeing a successful redirection of his party's policies on taxation. Mr Clegg easily won a vote on whether to adopt a policy of tax cuts for low and middle income families, despite protests from some in the party that it was now occupying the same space as the Conservatives. He is expected to return to that theme today. But the debate, and the conference in general, failed to receive the level of media coverage Mr Clegg would have hoped for. The party conference is one of those rare times the Liberal Democrats can rely on definite media coverage, but the financial chaos on both sides of the Atlantic and Gordon Brown's continuing leadership nightmare have robbed them of vital attention. Despite not suffering from any particular threat to his leadership, Mr Clegg will want to end the conference on a strong note, sending his members home with a smile on their face. The speech is set to be delivered at 12:07 BST.
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Welcome to politics.co.uk's As-It-Happens page. Here you can keep up to date with major parliamentary debates, press conferences or news events in real time. Just hit refresh on your browser to see the latest development.Nick Clegg is set to deliver his first conference speech as party leader today, after overseeing a successful redirection of his party's policies on taxation. Mr Clegg easily won a vote on whether to adopt a policy of tax cuts for low and middle income families, despite protests from some in the party that it was now occupying the same space as the Conservatives. He is expected to return to that theme today. But the debate, and the conference in general, failed to receive the level of media coverage Mr Clegg would have hoped for. The party conference is one of those rare times the Liberal Democrats can rely on definite media coverage, but the financial chaos on both sides of the Atlantic and Gordon Brown's continuing leadership nightmare have robbed them of vital attention. Despite not suffering from any particular threat to his leadership, Mr Clegg will want to end the conference on a strong note, sending his members home with a smile on their face. The speech is set to be delivered at 12:07 BST.
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