Tower Hamlets LibDem Councillor Stephanie Eaton said it made more financial sense to spend money on recycling facilities than on land fill tax.

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In his webcast interview with me, the Scottish LibDem leader Willie Rennie acknowledged the extent of the electoral problem caused for him and his colleagues in Scotland by the coalition decision.

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The coalition between these two very different parties works for two reasons: Cameron has great personal chemistry with the LibDem party leader Nick Clegg, first evidenced by the way they comfortably joked with one another at their initial press conference in May.

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