Liberal Democrats

The next government cannot afford to wait until 2017 to review minimum auto-enrolment contributions, according to pensions minister Steve Webb.

Labour has backed the Chancellor's move to radically overhaul the pension system, which will give retirees freedom to do what they want with their money at age 55.

The Liberal Democrats have vowed to close tax loopholes in limited partnership firms and for private equity investors, as part of the party's action to "tackle the remaining deficit fairly".

It is "certainly possible" that the coalition government - the power-sharing arrangement between the Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties in place since 2010 - could break up before the next general election in 2015, Vince Cable has said.

A Liberal Democrat paper prepared for the party's conference will call for the lifetime allowance on tax free pension savings to be cut from £1.25m to £1m.

A ‘mansion tax' on all homes worth more than £2m would cost the owners as much as £36,000 a year on average, according to Whitehall analysis.

Labour has been accused of playing "cynical party games" ahead of a House of Commons debate and vote on plans for a ‘mansion tax'.

Mortgage adviser Mike Thornton has been elected as MP for Eastleigh after winning the by-election sparked by Chris Huhne's resignation.

Pensioner pressure groups have mounted campaigns in Eastleigh in a bid to capture attention as national media focus on the shock by-election.

The Liberal Democrats are considering whether to extend their 'mansion tax' policy to cover other properties, including second homes.