Lord Sugar hits out at Nick Clegg over bus pass remark
The entrepreneur Lord Sugar has hit out at the Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg for suggesting that he should be stripped of his bus pass.
He posted on Twitter:
The twit Nick Clegg moaning about me having a bus pass. Idiot I haven't got one http://t.co/ZN9pxUvJ .
From @Lord_Sugar on Twitter:I wonder if Nick Clegg rich wife will take her bus pass when she becomes of age ,and if he will take his EU pension. The man is embaresment
From @Lord_Sugar on Twitter:Mr Clegg had said that, in his view, pensioners should be stripped of universal benefits such as free bus passes and winter fuel payments.
He said: "We are giving free bus passes and TV licences and winter fuel payments to Alan Sugar ... while limiting housing benefit to families on much lower incomes."
Steve Coogan petitions Nick Clegg on press regulation
The actor Steve Coogan discussed the issue of press regulation with the Deputy Prime Minister at the Liberal Democrat conference today.
Liberal Democrats announce £100m for new nursery places
Town halls are to be given £100 million to spend on new nursery places to ensure poor families can take advantage of free childcare.