Charles Kennedy News

Former Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy said the party had "made some important gains" in the local elections:

A huge thank you to all the Lib Dem candidates. We made some important gains and our vote is holding up well in our parliamentary seats.

From @charles_kennedy on Twitter: ( 2:24 pm, Fri 03 May 2013)

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The former leader of the Liberal Democrat party Charles Kennedy has confirmed on Twitter that he abstained from today's vote on capping benefits.

I formally abstained frm voting for a 2nd reading and am looking now to work with like-minded Lib Dems to amend the bill in its later stages

From @charles_kennedy on Twitter: ( 9:04 pm, Tue 08 Jan 2013)

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