Liberal+Democrats

=**Liberal Democrats**=

Nick Clegg -Liberal Democrat Leader and Deputy Prime Minister

Liberal Democrat MP and Party President

Foreign policy
 * End nuclear armaments
 * Remove trident program in 2024
 * Allow troops in Afghanistan as a NATO force
 * Create timeline for withdrawal from Afghanistan

European Union
 * Fully supports and wants Britain to take a leading role in the E.U.
 * Believes that if Britain is to be a leading power again they must have a strong role in the affairs of European politics

Economic Crisis
 * Simplifying tax code
 * Taxing the wealthy
 * Reduce government spending

Healthcare
 * Opposes increase in funding for NHS
 * Scrap central targets
 * Opposes cigarette ads in stores

Immigration
 * Ended the practice of child detention for immigration
 * Will allow movement into country
 * Direct immigrants to under-populated areas

Education
 * Raise the minimum that students start paying debts
 * Push seven billion pounds into education
 * Cut class sizes
 * Oppose the target of 50 % HS grad entering higher education
 * Against compulsory education until 18

Environment
 * Reduce carbon emission by 40% of 1990 levels by 2020
 * Reduce emission by 30% by 2020 in EU
 * Strongly believe human activity has caused climate change

Democracy
 * Supports devolution for territories but strongly opposes devolution to major cities such as London.
 * Support power at the local level
 * Against having power gathered in one place
 * Seem to favor a federal government