Clegg opens joint Lib-Dem HQ

DEPUTY Prime Minister Nick Clegg met Oldham Lib-Dem leader Councillor Howard Sykes as he opened the party’s joint Rochdale and Oldham headquarters.

The visit by the Lib-Dem leader came on a whistle-stop tour of Greater Manchester.

After opening the base in Drake Street, Rochdale, he then went on to the Broadfield Hotel, Rochdale, for a private Lib-Dem meeting to discuss current Government issues.