Blog posts tagged "Vince Cable"

March 6, 2012 4:49 pm 1 Comment

Channel 4 News Political Editor Gary Gibbon blogs on the Chancellor's Budget options - will he scrap the 50p tax rate and make changes to his plans to scrap child benefit for 40p taxpayers?

February 20, 2012 3:33 pm 5 Comments

Gary Gibbon suggests the demise of Chris Huhne has enhanced the power of one of the last Lib Dem big beasts Vince Cable - and that he knows it.

December 11, 2011 7:07 pm 5 Comments

David Cameron should enjoy his moment of acclamation from his backbenchers on Monday because it is going to be extremely difficult to give them another such moment for the lifetime of this parliament.

November 23, 2011 11:51 am 5 Comments

Have the LibDems frustrated Tory plans for a slimmed-down employment regime? Political Editor Gary Gibbon reports.

September 21, 2011 4:49 pm 6 Comments

For years, the Lib Dem leader's speech was a longed for moment of coverage. Now, in government, Nick Clegg gets saturation coverage all year round. So this speech, like the whole conference, was more of an internal party conversation than usual. Political Editor Gary Gibbon reports.

September 20, 2011 5:22 pm 2 Comments

Liberal Democrat President Tim Farron tells Channel 4 Political Editor Gary Gibbon he regrets saying his party was destined for a divorce from the Conservatives.

July 26, 2011 5:48 pm 5 Comments

Our Political Editor trawls through the list of meetings Cabinet Ministers have held with newspaper proprietors since the General Election - and finds some interesting figures.

10:52 am 7 Comments

Our Political Editor looks at reports of strains between Number 10 and 11 Downing Street over growth strategy - and finds signs of political depression.

April 14, 2011 10:25 am 16 Comments

Vince Cable says David Cameron's language on immigration is "very unwise".

January 25, 2011 3:14 pm 8 Comments

Gary Gibbon blogs on the reaction to today's "worrying" economic figures and what it means for the Coalition government.