The Beveridge Group is a centre-left ginger group within the Liberal Democrat party in the UK. The Ginger Group was not a formal political party in Canada, but a faction of radical Progressive and Labour Members of Parliament The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a liberal Political party in the United Kingdom, formed in 1988 by merging the It was set up in 2001 by MPs Alistair Carmichael, Paul Holmes, John Barrett and John Pugh to promote debate within the party regarding public service provision. A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. Alistair Morrison Carmichael (born 15 July 1965 is a Liberal Democrat politician and Member of Parliament for the Scottish seat of Orkney and Paul Robert Holmes (born 16 January 1957, Sheffield) is a politician in the United Kingdom. John Barrett may refer to John Barrett (diplomat, United States ambassador to Siam Argentina Panama and Colombia John Barrett (ice hockey John David Pugh (born 28 June, 1948; Liverpool) is a Politician in the United Kingdom.

The group was set up largely in response to a perceived rightwards drift in Liberal Democrat thinking, typified by the economic liberalism of Lib Dem Shadow Chancellor Vincent Cable and Shadow Home Secretary Mark Oaten. In Politics, right-wing, the political right, and the Right are positions that uphold traditional values and/or authorities Economic liberalism is the Economic component of Classical liberalism. WikipediaManual of Style (biographies#Academic titles --> John Vincent Cable, known as Vince Cable Mark Oaten (born 8 March 1964, Watford) is a Liberal Democrat politician in the United Kingdom, and Member of Parliament

In its first article, the group questioned the claim in the Liberal Democrat policy paper Setting Business Free that the party should "start with a bias in favour of market solutions”:

"Should the party of Beveridge and Keynes approach issues with a prejudice in favour of the free market system? Should we enter every policy debate with an underlying belief that private is always better than public? I certainly do not think so. For the Scottish footballer and athlete see William Beveridge (footballer William Henry Beveridge 1st Baron Beveridge ( 5 March John Maynard Keynes 1st Baron Keynes CB (ˈkeɪnz "cains" (5 June 1883 &ndash 21 April 1946 was a British Economist whose ideas That was the approach which led the Conservatives to undertake the disastrous privatisation of British Rail in the mid 1990s. " (Alistair Carmichael, 2003)

With the election of Paul Holmes as parliamentary party chairman in 2005, the group's influence within the party appears to be growing. At the 2005 Liberal Democrat party conference, the party then voted against a plan by the leadership to privatise the post office, a policy which Beveridge Group members have attacked as an unnecessary example of market fundamentalism. Royal Mail is the national postal service of the United Kingdom. Market fundamentalism (also known as free market fundamentalism) is an expression used by critics of Laissez-faire capitalism, usually by adherents of Interventionist The outcome of this vote, and of another on capping the European Union budget, appears to have weakened the positions of those who wish to reposition the Lib Dems as a party of the centre-right, and consequently strengthened the position of social liberals within the party (such as the Beveridge Group). The European Union ( EU) is a political and economic union of twenty-seven member states, located primarily in

Membership

• Norman Baker MP
• John Barrett MP
• Annette Brooke MP
• Alistair Carmichael MP
• Tim Farron MP
• Don Foster MP
• Andrew George MP
• Sandra Gidley MP
• Mike Hancock MP
• Evan Harris MP
• John Hemming MP
• Paul Holmes MP
• Martin Horwood MP
• David Howarth MP
• Simon Hughes MP
• Chris Huhne MP
• Mark Hunter MP
• Paul Keetch MP
• John Leech MP
• John Pugh MP
• Dan Rogerson MP
• Paul Rowen MP
• Bob Russell MP
• Adrian Sanders MP
• Mark Williams MP
• Roger Williams MP
• Stephen Williams MP
• Phil Willis MP
• Jenny Willott MP
• Richard Younger-Ross MP

See also

• William Beveridge
• John Maynard Keynes
• Social liberalism
• Welfare state

External links

• The Beveridge Group
• Setting Communities Free by Alistair Carmichael (2003)

Norman John Baker (born 26 July 1957) is a British politician John Andrew Barrett ( February 11, 1954) Scottish politician is the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Edinburgh West Annette Lesley Brooke (born 7 June 1947 is a British Politician. Alistair Morrison Carmichael (born 15 July 1965 is a Liberal Democrat politician and Member of Parliament for the Scottish seat of Orkney and Timothy James Farron (born 27 May 1970) is a British Politician who is the Liberal Democrat member Andrew Henry George (born 2 December 1958 British Politician. Sandra Julia Gidley (born 26 March 1957) is a Liberal Democrat politician in the United Kingdom. Michael Thomas Hancock CBE (born April 9, 1946) known as Mike Hancock, is a British Politician. Evan Leslie Harris MB ChB MP (born 21 October 1965) is a British Liberal Democrat politician John Alexander Melvin Hemming (born 16 March 1960) is a British Politician, the Member of Parliament for Birmingham Yardley Paul Robert Holmes (born 16 January 1957, Sheffield) is a politician in the United Kingdom. Martin Charles Horwood (born 12 October 1962, Cheltenham) is the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for the Cheltenham David Ross Howarth (born 10 November 1958 is a British Liberal Democrat politician and Member of Parliament (MP for Cambridge since 2005 Simon Henry Ward Hughes (born 17 May 1951) is a British politician and Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for North Southwark Christopher Murray Paul Huhne, known as Chris Huhne, (born 2 July 1954 is a British Liberal Democrat politician and the current Member of Parliament Mark James Hunter (born July 25, 1957) is a British Liberal Democrat Politician who is the current Member of Parliament Paul Stuart Keetch (born 21 May 1961, Hereford) is a Liberal Democrat politician in the United Kingdom. John Leech (born 11 April 1971, Wakefield, Yorkshire) is a British Politician and the Liberal Democrat John David Pugh (born 28 June, 1948; Liverpool) is a Politician in the United Kingdom. Daniel John Rogerson (born 23 July 1975 St Austell) is the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for North Cornwall, first elected at the Paul John Rowen (born May 11, 1955, Rochdale) is the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Rochdale. Robert Edward Russell, known as Bob Russell, (born 31 March 1946 London) is a British politician Adrian Mark Sanders (born 25 April 1959 Paignton) is a Liberal Democrat politician in the United Kingdom. Mark Williams (born March 24, 1966) is a British politician and the Member of Parliament for the Ceredigion constituency, a seat he Roger Hugh Williams (born January 22, 1948, Crickhowell) is a British Member of Parliament, a Liberal Democrat elected Stephen Roy Williams (born 11 October 1966) is a British Liberal Democrat politician who was elected Member of Parliament for George Philip Willis (born November 30 1941, Burnley) is a politician in the United Kingdom Jennifer Nancy Willott (born 29 May 1974) is a British Politician and the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Richard Alan Younger-Ross (born Richard Alan Ross January 29, 1953, Surrey) is a politician in England. For the Scottish footballer and athlete see William Beveridge (footballer William Henry Beveridge 1st Baron Beveridge ( 5 March John Maynard Keynes 1st Baron Keynes CB (ˈkeɪnz "cains" (5 June 1883 &ndash 21 April 1946 was a British Economist whose ideas Social liberalism, also called new liberalism (as it was originally termed high liberalism radical liberalism, modern liberalism, or This article refers specifically to the Welfare state of the United Kingdom.

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