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EXCLUSIVE: What Lib Dem members think of the Coalition Budget measures and that VAT increase

By Stephen Tall | Mon 5th July 2010 - 8:20 am

Lib Dem Voice has been polling our members-only forum this past weekend to discover what Lib Dem members think of the Coalition Government’s budget, and what you make of the Lib Dems’ and Government’s performance to date. Almost 350 party members responded, and we’ll be publishing the full results of our survey this week.

First, we asked what Lib Dem members: Do you support or oppose the following budget changes announced by the coalition government?

Here’s what you told us:

Increasing VAT from 17.5% to 20% from January 4, 2011
Strongly Support: 6%
Support: 42%
Total support = 48%
Oppose: 28%
Strongly Oppose: 14%
Total …

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New LDV members survey now live: what you think of the Budget and the Coalition Government so far

By Stephen Tall | Fri 2nd July 2010 - 4:53 pm

The new LDV members’ survey is now live. So if you are one of the 1,000+ registered members of the Liberal Democrat Voice forum – and any paid-up party member is welcome to join – then you now have the opportunity to make your views known.

Questions we are asking your opinion on include:

which measures in the Budget you support or oppose;
what you think of the VAT increase;
whether you’d have preferred to see fewer spending cuts and more tax rises;
your overall view of the Budget’s effectiveness and fairness;
whether you think the Lib

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Are you on your way to the Forum?

By Stephen Tall | Sat 10th January 2009 - 4:53 pm

Don’t forget, if you’re a party member you can register for the Lib Dem Voice members’ forum. You’ll be in good company: there are 869 registered members, all of whom have the opportunity to read and post on a rich variety of topics which don’t always make it into the public blog, as well as having the chance to vote in LDV’s monthly tracking surveys. Here’s a selection of the currently active threads to whet your appetites: