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    Nick Clegg given annual allowance of £115,000

    Nick Clegg is the former deputy-prime minister, one-time leader of Liberal Democrats and now apparently the grateful recipient of a mammoth annual allowance. The Sunday Times revealed that Clegg has been given access to a grant that is usually

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    UK "can't and won't" pay £1.7bn EU bill

    Nick Clegg has insisted the UK "can't and won't pay" the £1.7 billion demanded by the European Union by December 1 following talks with the French prime minister. The Deputy Prime Minister told Manuel Valls that the UK wanted

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    £10,000 fine for smoking in cars with children proposed

    Motorists who smoke while at the wheel and have a child present could face a fine of up to £10,000 under new Government

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    Deputy Prime Minister takes green cars up a gear

    The Government will invest £500 million to boost the ultra low emission vehicle industry, the Deputy Prime Minister has

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    Clegg blocks lower council tax cap

    Town halls will be able to hike council tax by up to 2% without holding a referendum after the Liberal Democrats blocked Tory calls for a tougher limit. Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg is understood to have vetoed a 1.5% cap for this year over

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    EU exit 'hugely damaging' to UK

    A British exit from the European Union (EU) would "impoverish" the continent as a whole, Nick Clegg has warned as he insisted the Conservatives' flirtations with withdrawal will not succeed. The Deputy Prime Minister said the

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    Clegg rejects higher pensioner tax

    Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has rejected recommendations that pensioners should pay higher taxes and have benefits cut in order to help young people achieve more. The first annual report of the government's Social Mobility and Child