May 08, 2012 17:05 BST Curtin&Co’s Liberal Democrat consultant and former Hillingdon Councillor, Steve Carey, looks at the party’s first ever mid-term setback and how it could have been a lot worse having polled well in areas of embedded LibDem support.

Mar 22, 2012 17:04 GMT George Osborne yesterday delivered his 2012 Budget to the Commons, and to the country. As expected the 50p top rate of tax is being cut to 45p, a measure which will come into effect a year from now. 800,000 people will be lifted out of tax completely and millions more of low and middle income workers will pay less following an increase in the personal allowance from next April to £9,205.