The new Leader of the Liberal Democrats, Nick Clegg MP, and his Deputy and Shadow Lib Dem Chancellor Vince Cable MP have both been invited - and accepted - offers to become Honorary Vice Presidents of ALTER. The 2008 AGM of ALTER will take place at the Party's Spring Conference 7-9 March in Liverpool and it is expected that ALTER members will be only too pleased to confirm these appointments.

ALTER Chair, Cllr Tony Vickers, said when hearing about the Leader's acceptance: "To have the new Leader, his narrowly defeated rival Chris Huhne and his esteemed Deputy and Acting Leader for 64 days in 2007 all associated with ALTER is a great honour to us and a measure of how much progress we have achieved in recent years towards getting the policy of Land Value Taxation accepted by the modern heirs of Liberalism."