Nick Clegg speech Nick Clegg speech SOT So let no one tell you that this Government isn't straining every sinew to invest every available pound...
{"Image ImageDescription": "Liberal Democrats Spring Conference 2013: Nick Clegg speech; Nick Clegg speech SOT\r\nSo let no one tell you that this Government isn???t straining every sinew to invest every available pound into UK infrastructure.\r\n We will and must do more to mobilise investment into our long-term infrastructure needs. I agree with that. Vince agrees with that. Danny agrees with that. But, as we all equally acknowledge, there are no cost-free, risk-free ways of finding such huge sums of money. Not at a time when Labour left the cupboard bare and we still have the second highest deficit in Europe, behind only Greece. Ours is a growth strategy guided by liberal pragmatism from a Coalition government anchored firmly in the centre ground. The deficit down by a quarter. Fixing our banks. A million jobs created in the private sector. Money back in people???s pockets. A stronger economy, a fairer society, enabling everyone to get on in life.\r\n\r\n In the middle of the 20 Century, as Britain emerged from the ravages of war, its leaders were forced to think anew ??? just as we are now. The great liberal, Sir William Beveridge, established the modern welfare state, transforming this country forever. He said ???Liberalism is a faith, not a formula???. And what he meant is that liberalism is a set of timeless principles, married to an unshakeable belief in human progress. That is why liberals never run from change. Our role remains the same today. In this Coalition Government, so much of the radical thinking on economic reform is liberal-led. Not just rebuilding the old economy. Not just repeating the same mistakes of the past. But building an economy that is resilient, sustainable, open, green. Ideas deliberated in this conference hall, now being administered by thousands of civil servants, in order to benefit millions of British citizens. The world???s first ever Green Investment Bank. The Business Bank; the bank levy; the Green Deal. Better schools and proper vocational learning. Greater s...", "Image Copyright": "POOL"}