Over 20 million working people will be better off next year after Liberal Democrats in the Coalition Government delivered the biggest ever increase in the income tax personal allowance in the Budget.

The massive £3.5bn tax cut for working people delivers:

• The biggest ever single uplift in the tax threshold
• A personal allowance of £9,205 in April 2013
• 21 million working people getting an extra £220 tax cut
• Brings the total tax cut for basic rate tax payers to £550
• Brings the total number of people lifted out of tax to 2 million.

Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg used his speech to the Party's Spring conference in NewcastleGateshead to call for the forthcoming budget to be a "budget for fairness" and pledged that it would help working familes.

The Deputy Prime Minister pledged that by 2015 Britain would have seen an end to control orders, the first gay marriages and the first elections to the House of Lords.

Fairer taxes, promoting green jobs, protecting your civil liberties - these are just some of the achievements of the Liberal Democrats in government.

We're building a freer, greener and more liberal country - and stopping some of the worst excesses of the Conservatives. Find out more in this infographic.

In his keynote speech to the Liberal Democrat Conference, Party Leader and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has outlined his goals for the Government and the country over the coming years. He reiterated his commitment to liberal values on the environment and human rights and his determination to ensure a fair chance for every child, saying "every child can do good things, great things, if only we give them the opportunities they deserve."

Figures obtained by John Leech MP show that England's overstretched rail network has done well out of the spending review.

The figures on the detailed impact of the spending review compared to the last years of the Labour Government show that by 2013 we will spend more in real terms on improving rail services compared to the last year under Labour.

Tuition Fees Speech in Full

peaking in the House of Commons today, "I will vote against tuition fees simply because I believe that an increase in the cap will discourage some young people from going to university in the future."

"I stick by the old-fashioned view that a university education benefits the country and the economy as well as the individual, and graduates who are successful and earn more money, pay more tax, and repay the cost of their university education that way."

on Leech, MP for Withington celebrated the launch of the Coalition Government's national campaign, The Big Tree Plant by braving the cold to plant trees in South Manchester on Saturday.

The MP joined volunteer students, residents and councillors to plant different trees including oak, hazel and hawthorn in Ladybarn Park, Withington.

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Manchester Withington MP John Leech has urged the Manchester Primary Care Trust (PCT) to reverse their decision to close Withington Walk-in-centre on Saturday's - a decision that will come into effect this week.

The decision was made on Friday 26th November and the closure will come into effect on Saturday 4th December 2010.

Lib Dem MP, John Leech, is supporting leading health charity Diabetes UK's campaigning and fundraising activities during Diabetes Week this week.

With some 3.676 people with diabetes in the Manchester, Withington constituency, Mr Leech has been working closely with the organisation and is backing Diabetes Week in a bid to highlight how serious the condition is. There are 2.5 million people with diabetes in the UK and another 500,000 who have the condition and don't know it. If untreated, diabetes can lead to devastating complications including heart disease, amputation and stroke.