Lib Dems vow to be 'constructive opposition' and work with Labour to get 'fair deal for UK'

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Lib Dems vow to be 'constructive opposition' and work with Labour to get 'fair deal for UK'
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The Lib Dems will set out how they plan to be a 'constructive opposition' now they are the thir largest party in parliament - with a focus on health and social care.

The Lib Dems will work 'constructively' with Labour to get a 'fair deal for the UK', the party's chief whip will say at the opening of their annual conference. Wendy Chamberlain will address the four-day event on Saturday morning - the first such one to take place since the party's most successful general election results ever.

Ms Chamberlain will go on to say the Lib Dems will take a 'very different approach to the SNP and the Conservative Party' in terms of holding Labour to account, and aim to work constructively with the new party of government. 'I think what people want to see is MPs working together to try and secure a fair deal for the whole of the UK - not trying to divide us,' she will say. 'Being the third party is a big responsibility.

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