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5 Most Recent Press Articles
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Written by Sarah Teather, Liberal Democrat MP for Brent Central and Minister of State for Children & Families and published in www.libdemvoice.org on Tue 27th Jul 2010
I came into politics to make a difference for the most disadvantaged in our society. It is over three years since I, as Liberal Democrat education spokesperson, championed the Pupil Premium as our flagship education policy and debated it at Conference. I never dared imagine a time when I would be unveiling it as Government policy and then actually implementing it. But this week, the Coalition Government announced that a Pupil Premium, funded from outside the schools budget, will be introduced next September. It will mean that from next year, schools taking disadvantaged children will get the additional money they need to provide them with the extra support they deserve, no matter where they are in the country. This could mean more individual tuition or catch-up classes, but it will be for the school to decide, we won't be telling headteachers how to spend the money.
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Read "Pupil Premium is a real Liberal Democrat achievement" in full.
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Written by John Kampfner, Editor of the New Statesman 2005 - 2008 on Tue 9th Mar 2010
Today I launched my pamphlet, Lost labours, with Nick Clegg. As somebody who has a long involvement with the Labour party, including editing the New Statesman magazine, I have been able to give a frank and honest appraisal of a decade and a half of New Labour. And in it I explain why I can no longer support them, and am instead turning to the Liberal Democrats.
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Read "Lost labours" in full.
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Written by Trudy Dean, Lib Dem Leader of the Opposition, Kent County Council and published in Letter to the Editor on Mon 22nd Feb 2010
It is understandable that KCC is concerned about the leak of a confidential document concerning a top officer's pay to the KM. However, I agree with the view of Caroline Spelman's Tory spokesman on Local Government who said this week that "Residents have a right to know how their council tax is being spent".
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Read "Residents have a right to know" in full.
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Written by Mark Barnard, on Mon 5th Jan 2009
The closure of 2008 for some North Thanet residents will be a welcome end to a difficult year. Yet as we step over the threshold of 2009, we face a future that holds unknown excitement, pleasure, new experiences and sadness, just as any year that has gone before.
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Read "A New Year Message" in full.
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