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    • Wednesday, 23 September, 2015
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      Farron praises record in office with Tories but distances party from Corbyn’s Labour

    • Friday, 8 May, 2015
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      UK election: How Cameron killed his coalition

      Lynton Crosby, the Conservatives’ blunt strategist, never strayed from his campaign plan

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      Cameron will mourn the coalition

      We will now see what a Tory government unfettered by the Lib Dems achieves, writes Gus O’Donnell

    • Wednesday, 6 May, 2015
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      General election: Cameron ‘still fighting for a majority’

      Tories ready to open talks with Lib Dems if vote produces hung parliament

    • Monday, 4 May, 2015
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      Vince Cable lays groundwork for Lib Dem coalition demands

      Business secretary says his party would insist on retaining 24 ministers in deal to form new government

    • Sunday, 3 May, 2015
      UK general election
      Cameron prepared to ‘move quickly’ to form coalition

      Tory leader expected to ‘move quickly’ on Friday to try to seize initiative

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      With a hung parliament increasingly likely — what happens next?

      The opinion polls are stubbornly refusing to shift

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      General election: Tories and Lib Dems clash over benefits

      Danny Alexander says Conservatives have ‘secret’ plans for £8bn in cuts

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      General election: The compelling case for continuity in Britain

      A Conservative-led coalition would serve the United Kingdom best

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      Post-election chaos threatens to expose UK economic weaknesses

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      Cameron pledges to ban tax rises until 2020

      Policy would tie hands of chancellor if Tories won

    • Wednesday, 29 April, 2015
      Philip Stephens
      Britain should celebrate an election stalemate

      Whatever happens, the old political order is unravelling

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      The British economy after the coalition

      Why should one be desperate to avoid a free loan? Growth-promoting borrowing is needed

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