Saturday 13 September 2008

Liberal Democrat Federal Conference 2008

The LibDem Federal Conference is starting today in Bournemouth.


The centrepiece debate of the week will be on ‘Make it Happen', the party's ‘vision and values' paper. The document highlights key areas of focus for the party, including plans to:

* Deliver big tax cuts for people on low and average incomes paid for from taxing pollution and closing tax loopholes used by the rich


* Invest more in the education of the most disadvantaged children


* Deliver on an ambitious green agenda, including forcing energy companies to pay a large share of their windfall subsidy to help homes use energy more efficiently


* Protect civil liberties, scrapping ID cards and introducing a Freedom Law to get government off people's backs and keep personal data private


* Clean up the political system and bring an end to the influence of big money on politics

Click on the headline to read more, including details about all the policies being debated and full reports on the key speeches.