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The Deputy Prime Minister today (Tuesday) delivered a strong defence of Britain’s place within the EU. He issued a call-to-arms to businesses, charities, organisations and politicians to show their support for Britain’s continued membership in a reformed EU.

WATCH: Lynne Featherstone visits local businesses in her Hornsey constituency to find out how they are helping to create jobs for local people, while helping a good cause.

Liberal Democrat Secretary of State for Scotland Michael Moore spent two days as an apprentice, as part of the ‘A Million Jobs for a Stronger Economy’ campaign.  

Check out this video clip from when Apprentice Katie Ball had the fantastic opportunity to meet Vince Cable MP, Secretary of State Business, Innovation and Skills, for some questions about her Business Administration Apprenticeship experience.

Commenting on today’s GDP figures showing that the economy grew by 0.6% in the last quarter, Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson, Stephen Williams said:

Commenting on figures showing UK manufacturing growth at a two-year high, Co-Chair of the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Party Committee on Business, Innovation and Skills, Gordon Birtwistle said:

The Liberal Democrats are building a stronger economy and a fairer society, enabling every person in Britain to get on in life.

Liberal Democrat Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander became the first of the party’s MPs to spend a day learning from apprentices as part of the ‘A Million Jobs for a Stronger Economy’ campaign.

Green jobs are coming in big numbers to the UK, with everything from solar, to new forms of packaging, all the way down to new strides in thick glass pipe manufacturing.

Burnley MP Gordon Birtwistle has written to the man in charge of the BBC asking for the chance to film a documentary on ‘real apprentices’.

Liberal Democrat Leader, Nick Clegg has launched the Liberal Democrat A Million Jobs for a Stronger Economy Campaign during a tour of the North East. The Deputy Prime Minister visited two companies in Durham, where jobs will be created and safeguarded thanks to the Coalition Government’s Regional Growth Fund.