Deputy leader tells party it should have done more to stop policies such as bedroom taxThe Liberal Democrats must “own the failures” of the coalition government, the party’s deputy leader, Jo Swinson, has said, citing the “hostile environment”, the bedroom tax and NHS changes as policies she particularly regrets.Swinson, a former business minister tipped as a future leader, said the party had inflicted too high a price on the poorest in society in an attempt to cut the deficit. “I’m proud of what we achieved – but I’m not naive or blinkered about it,” she told the Lib Dem conference in Brighton on Sunday. Continue reading…
Via: Lib Dems must 'own failures' of coalition, says Jo Swinson
Categories: English News