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Clegg: Proud coalitions can work

Deputy PM Nick Clegg has said he is "proud" that both the Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives have demonstrated that Coalition governments can work and refused to rule out entering another powersharing government at the next election.

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Better economic future 'only' because of Lib Dems

The Lib Dems should take more credit for the economic recovery and stick to measures which are designed to "eliminate" the structural deficit "by the middle of next Parliament", Danny Alexander will say later today.

He will tell delegates at the Lib Dem conference in Glasgow:

Anyone who says the better economic news is all to the credit of the Conservatives is wrong.

The decisions we have implemented in Government, the brighter future that lies ahead is only there because of us. And we should shout it from the rooftops.

Our plan means that by the middle of the next Parliament we will have eliminated the structural deficit. But that doesn't mean that the country can then go right back to the old bad habits.

Our nation's debt will need to be reduced, it wouldn't be fair to pass it on to future generations.

– Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander

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