Clegg 'will give Lib Dems verve'
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Lib Dem leadership hopeful Nick Clegg promises to bring "ambition, verve and self-confidence" to the party.
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The Lib Dems warn the Tories they are  finished as "serious challengers" for government.
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The NHS is one of the most unequal health services in the world, Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg tells the BBC.
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Â· Former head of Ofcom to be political chief of staff  Â· Policy supremo will help get key messages across
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The two contenders for the Lib Dem leadership say the race is about who can best present the party's policies.
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His Liberal Democratic Party will elect a new leader Sept. 19.
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The Lib Dems are to focus on the environment during their annual conference, possibly the last before an election.
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The Liberal Democrats opened their annual conference with its leader confidently predicting large gains at the country's next general election, expected in early 2005.
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Maverick Tory MP says campaign is opportunity 'too wonderful to miss'.
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Lib Dem home affairs spokesman plans to stand for party leader when Sir Menzies Campbell stands down.
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The state should back off and allow other organisations a bigger role in running public services, says  the Lib Dem leader.
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Nick Clegg expected to be elected Liberal Democrat leader this afternoon
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Labour's candidate in the forthcoming Hartlepool by-election accuses the Lib Dems of forming an alliance with the Tories.
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The Lib Dems prepare for the start of their conference with optimism over an electoral breakthrough.
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Lib Dem leader defends proposals as he seeks to silence debate over his stewardship of party.
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Former Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy has poured cold water on an offer from the Conservatives to forge a "progressive alliance" against Labour.
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Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg says his party will not back a Tory bid for a referendum on the EU reform treaty.