Responding to the Government’s Draft Pre-legislative Statement published today, Liberal Democrat Leader, Nick Clegg accused the Prime Minister of scraping the legislative barrel to save himself.

Nick Clegg said:

“We already knew that the Tories will say anything to get elected – but now it’s clear the Prime Minister will try anything to cling to power.

“These proposals are just not credible. It’s clear he’s really scraped the legislative barrel to try to save himself.

“He’s either addressing things the Government said weren’t a problem, like the economy, or trying to turn around problems the Government created, like over-centralisation.”

ENDS