Political Parties

Labour Party
Labour

Leader: Gordon Brown
Seats in Parliament: 349
Founded: 1900
Headquarters: 39 Victoria Street, London, SW1H 0HA
European affiliation: Party of European Socialists

Website: www.labour.org.uk

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Conservative Party
Conservative

Leader: David Cameron
Seats in Parliament: 193
Founded: 1912
Headquarters: 30 Millbank, London SW1
European affiliation: Movement for European Reform

Website: www.conservatives.com

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Liberal Democrat Party
Liberal Democrat

Leader: Nick Clegg
Seats in Parliament: 63
Founded: 1988
Headquarters: 4 Cowley Street, London, SW1P 3NB
European affiliation: European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party

Website: www.libdems.org.uk

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Huhne charged: the full statement from the CPS

Huhne charged: the full statement from the CPS

Energy Secretary and his former wife Vicky Pryce charged with perverting the course of justice.

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Full transcript | Ed Miliband | Speech on banking | London | 3 February 2012

Full transcript | Ed Miliband | Speech on banking | London | 3 February 2012

"We need what you might call 'one nation banking'. We need banks that serve the real economy."

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Full transcript | Ed Miliband | Speech on Scotland | Glasgow | 30 January 2012

Full transcript | Ed Miliband | Speech on Scotland | Glasgow | 30 January 2012

"Let's confront the real divide in Britain. Not between Scotland and the rest of the UK -- between the haves and the have-nots."

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Full transcript | Nick Clegg | Speech on tax cuts | Resolution Foundation, London | 26 January 2012

Full transcript | Nick Clegg | Speech on tax cuts | Resolution Foundation, London | 26 January 2012

"This is about fairness in the middle. More money in the pockets of the people who need it."

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Full transcript | David Cameron | Speech on the European Court of Human Rights | Strasbourg | 25 January 2012

Full transcript | David Cameron | Speech on the European Court of Human Rights | Strasbourg | 25 January 2012

"The Court has got to be able to fully protect itself against spurious cases when they have been dealt with at the national level".

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Full transcript | David Cameron | Speech on "moral capitalism" | New Zealand House, London | 19 January 2012

"We should use this crisis of capitalism to improve markets, not undermine them."

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Lansley ambushed

Watch: Lansley ambushed by protesters

Tax cutter?

Balls heightens the pressure on Osborne to cut taxes

On globalisation

Say no to protectionism

Osborne's woes

Osborne hoisted with his own petard

On Syria

Intervention in Syria won’t work, so how do we stop Assad?

The interview

Preview: Boris Johnson: “I’ll tell you what makes me angry � lefty crap”

The interview

Preview: Ken Livingstone: “The world is run by monsters”

GOP race so far

Infographic: Republican primary race 2012
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