Sentences with phrase «social liberal»

Paradoxically, at the same time as recognising the interconnectedness of the world and its problems, the social liberal narrative must also be about localism.

Statement from the Social Liberal Forum Executive: These are exceptional times.

Following a brief recent history of the national Social Liberal Forum from Kat Dadswell, John Commons, the Chair of the Manchester party, spoke on why he felt that Social Liberalism and by extension the Social Liberal Forum were particularly needed...

The Social Liberal Forum, which backed the motion on Food Poverty passed unanimously at Liberal Democrat Spring Conference earlier this year, applauds and welcomes further pressure by End Hunger Fast and faith leaders on this issue which so gravely concerns...

The Guardian has also published the following letter from Chair of the Social Liberal Forum, David Hall - Matthews:

Inaugural General Meeting Saturday 13th Early Evening 18.15 — 19.30 The ICC, Hall 6b The Social Liberal Forum has been up and running for just over a year now.

Anyone wishing more information on the activities of the Social Liberal Forum in Scotland should «like» our Facebook page, email me at [email protected] or phone me at 0141-946-4102.

-LSB-...] over that announced in March's Budget, however, the Social Liberal Forum is concerned that further cuts to current spending in the Chancellor's Spending Review are unlikely to repair public....

The Social Liberal Forum made clear earlier this week that we favoured a progressive alliance between the Labour and Liberal Democrat parties as the basis for a government.

Generally however their pamphlets are either dull or on the odd occasion somewhat objectionable, at least from a Social Liberal perspective.

A «Social Liberal» who has come to us because they see the Labour Party as having sold out and puts equality and redistribution above all else and pursues a radical socialist recipes in the clear knowledge that they will decrease liberty, surely shouldn't be welcome?A broad church should be welcomed, a skewed church should not.

-LSB-...] Social Liberal Forum Skip to content Home2012 Conference SignupEconomic Plan CPostsAboutSLF Conference 2012Who We AreWhat We Stand ForHow we are fundedOur ConstitutionReinventing the StateSLF Conference: 18 June 2011Conference ProgrammeLib Dems demand changes to the Health and Social Care BillEssential amendmentsSignaturesAdviceContact UsDonateThank you!Join ← Open letter to Nick Clegg MP, Danny Alexander MP and Vince Cable on economic policy -LSB-...]

Following a successful first meeting before Christmas, the Social Liberal Forum North East branch are delighted to be welcoming Ian Swales, MP for Redcar, as guest speaker at their next meeting.

I am glad to find this site as it is a home for my social liberal views as opposed to Lib Dem Voice and its nepotism and willing to back Clegg at all costs.

I agree that it is important that we discuss alternatives to the neo-liberal agenda and the Social Liberal Forum has a role to play in displaying the social liberal alternative.

Modern social liberal policies include: a living wage, a land value tax, employee ownership, ending the «bedroom tax», reversing the marketisation of the NHS and having a «Green People's Budget» that would focus on redistribution and green growth.

Chris Nicholson, CentreForum, Linda Jack, Social Liberal Forum...

Social Liberal Forum responds to proposed Child Benefit reforms — Position Statement and Guardian letter

Following a successful recruitment drive at the recent regional conference, the Social Liberal Forum's branch in the North East will be holding their first meeting on Thursday 1st December 2011.

All North East Liberal Democrat members are very welcome to join us to discuss how we can create an SLF Branch in the North East which will champion the social liberal values we hold dear.

The abolition of fees remains central to Liberal Democrat education policy and the Social Liberal Forum believes that unless HE is paid for through general taxation, a fairly instituted graduate contribution, with repayments that reflect graduates» ability to pay, is the best policy to help the UK's HE sector remain world - class without placing a burden of debt on young graduates.»

Other sessions will include: Social Liberal Values: Ben Colburn and...

She's a self - described «multi-party candidate» and «social liberal,» which leaves her unconcerned about being the only Republican running against several Democrats in a mostly blue city.

Commenting on the results, Dr. Prateek Buch, author of Plan C and Social Liberal Forum's Head of Policy and Research, said

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-LSB-...] Social Liberal Forum has expressed its concerns regarding Lord Browne's review of Higher Educa..., and called for a fairer system to be -LSB-...]

-LSB-...] growing again — the road to 2015» at the Social Liberal Forum fringe meeting on Friday evening (details here).

-LSB-...] attended the Social Liberal Forum (SLF) conference in July this year, and was delighted to be offered to opportunity to interview Secretary of State -LSB-...]

For the record, while the Social Liberal Forum does indeed believe that social liberalism is the mainstream ideology of the Liberal Democrats, we do not believe it is incompatible with other strands of liberalism.

Jointly published by Soundings, Social Liberal Forum and Compass, After the Crash is a call to arms for a coalition of ideas and action on the centre left, working together to find common ground for change.

The Social Liberal Forum (Scotland) is holding a Conference in Glasgow on Saturday June 23.

The launch of the Social Liberal Forum in Harrogate was a truly excellent meeting — I don't think I have ever come across so much enthusiasm at such an event.

As the Liberal Democrats move towards finalizing the party's manifesto, The Social Liberal Forum sets out the key principles that we believe should be the basis for formulating tax policy and spending commitments:

Interview with Steve Webb at the Social Liberal Forum Conference by Maelo Manning on Lib Dem Child

Tim Farron's speech to the Social Liberal Forum On Saturday 19th July, Tim Farron gave the third annual William Beveridge Memorial Lecture at the Social Liberal Forum conference in London.

Steve Webb MP, the Liberal Democrat Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary (and Chair of the Social Liberal Forum's Advisory Board), will be leading a policy discussion at Portcullis House, Westminster, on Wednesday 25 February.

The full Social Liberal Forum (SLF) amendment is available here.

Less eye - catching to the media is the social liberal approach, which tends to influence party policy much more.

Under Tony Blair, from 1994 onwards, it became a social liberal party, adopting a social liberal form of neo-liberalism.

Social Liberal Forum Conference in Manchester: a different experience by Louise Shaw on From one of the Jilted Generation

This will be published on the Social Liberal Forum website soon.

At the Labour Party conference the following week, Evan Harris MP will be speaking at another joint event with Compass and the Social Liberal Forum at the Lowy Suite, Best Western Brighton Hotel on Wednesday 30 September at 12:45 - 13:45.

Partick Burgh Halls in Glasgow was the venue for the Social Liberal Forum's first Scottish Conference last weekend.

If he does, however, I think social liberal such as yourselves will have to start thinking about the long term future of the Lib Dems or rather your place in it.

A fiscal conservative and social liberal rolled into one will do much better after» 08.

Before the budget, the Social Liberal Forum called on the party leadership to rule out measures that would increase the gap between the richest and poorest and to avoid cuts in frontline services this year.

The debate opens with an amendment put forward by the Social Liberal Forum (SLF), a left - wing pressure group, for a change of economic policy.

I also know that in the US they will say things such as «I'm a fiscal conservative, but social liberal» which is another thing entirely.

Members of the Liberal Democrat Federal Policy Committee — together with Social Liberal Form Council members — have written to the Times reasserting the party's democratic and independent manifesto process.

Matthew Sowemimo, Director of the Social Liberal Forum, has written a new opinion piece on Liberal Democrat Voice arguing for the party not to be timid in the way it presents its agenda: The party's pre-election manifesto — A Fresh...