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After the elections, a Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition pushed through tough deficit reduction plans.
ABCs of S&P Changing Ratings Outlook to 'Negative' Dave Kansas 2011
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It is also significant because it marks the emergence of a new dynamic in the politics of the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition.
Coalition politics: Conflict of Tory loyalties | Editorial 2011
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Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government is aiming for a £ 113 billion ($179 billion) fiscal consolidation over the next five years — about £ 40 billion more than Labour had targeted.
Labour Leader to Distance Himself from Brown, Blair Laurence Norman 2010
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Westminster politics "feels pretty stuck" he warns, adding that his aim is to stimulate "a livelier debate" and to challenge the left to develop its own "big idea" as an alternative to the Conservative-Liberal Democrat alliance.
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On the other side, the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition, with little voter support in Scotland the two parties lost 17 Holyrood seats between them last May, acknowledges the SNP's mandate but is anxious both to assert its own authority and to prevent the breakup of the UK.
Scotland and the UK: a question whose time has come | Editorial 2012
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Danish People's party, Denmark, 12.3% of the vote in parliamentary elections Using its position as a supporting party to the ruling Conservative-Liberal coalition, the party in 2002 drove through what it claimed was Europe's strictest immigration policy.
Far-right Finnish politician Timo Soini bids for presidency 2011
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As part of its plans to restrict social care, Birmingham council, a Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition, said it would "signpost" those no longer eligible towards possible alternative sources of support, such as the voluntary sector.
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The local authority, a Conservative-Liberal coalition, hopes to save £17.5m from its budget this year by limiting council-funded social care only to those assessed as in "critical" need.
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The Tories did this, according to McClymont and Jackson, by achieving economic success for key sections of the population and setting a trap for Labour by portraying their opponents as profligate:Our starting point is that previous Conservative governments – and Conservative-Liberal coalitions – have won elections even while presiding over mass unemployment and deep cuts to public services.
Is David Cameron turning into the Stanley Baldwin of the 21st century? 2011
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In its emergency budget, enacted only a month after entering office, the Conservative-Liberal Democrat government met the immediate fiscal crisis head-on, setting out a plan to eliminate the current budget deficit by 2015-16 through a combination of spending cuts and tax increases.
The Coalition's First Year Warwick Lightfoot 2011
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