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The Metropolitan Police have tonight issued the following statement following their investigation into allegations against Lord (Chris) Rennard broadcast on Channel 4 News:

Following reports in the media in February, officers from the Specialist Crime and Operations Command launched an investigation into allegations of sexual touching.

Various inquiries were conducted – including meeting with officials from the Liberal Democrat Party – and a number of individuals were spoken to as part of the investigation.

Those inquiries have now concluded that there is insufficient evidence to support a prosecution; a decision which has been made by police.

There was early investigative consultation with the Crown

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This is really a commercial for his keynote speech at Conference, with links to it on You Tube and to a text copy. It’s not the best title in the world. I might have preferred to highlight the new policy of free school meals for the first three years, myself. That’s not even mentioned. However, we don’t know if that’s it for this week, or whether there will be another at the weekend. 

Over the last few days, we’ve showcased what we’ve achieved in Coalition and we’ve demonstrated …

Some excellent news from Cambridgeshire, as reported on the NE Cambridgeshire Liberal Democrats website:

“There was a shock defeat for the Tories in the March North town council by-election on Thursday 19th September 2013. Lib Dem candidate Stephen Court stormed to victory gaining almost 50% of the votes cast and a majority of 156 over the defeated Conservative candidate. Stephen becomes the first Lib Dem councillor on March Town Council and breaks a stranglehold that the Tories had on the March North ward for many years. He is a local campaigner for improved rail connections, open spaces, decent bus services and local community facilities. Stephen ran a strong campaign earlier this year when the council wanted to railroad through development on the open space at Estover. And he shamed the town council into agreeing to issue voting cards at every election. "I would like to thank everyone who supported me during my campaign. I am delighted to have been elected as a town councillor for March North and look forward to using my new role to get a better deal for March and its residents.”

In Oxford, meanwhile,