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It's time now for a Q&A session with Lib Dem leader and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, who is looking pretty casual in an open-neck shirt and no jacket.

Jo Swinson says workplaces need a "flexible culture shift" to support the growing economy. All employees now have the right to request flexible working, she points out, and the Lib Dems want this to "become the norm". She believes this will herald a revolution in the way people work. Her speech receives a standing ovation from the crowd.

Ms Swinson laments how "depressingly common" it is for womens' professional achievements to be "belittled", noting how the media described the new BBC Trust chair first as a "mother of three" . She hails the introduction of shared parental leave under the coalition - complaining that men have previously been "written out of the family script with worrying regularity".

Jo Swinson thanks her Lib Dem colleague Jenny Willott for covering her maternity leave and she reveals her delight at her husband - MP Duncan Hames - being able to take their baby through the voting lobby in the House of Commons - apparently the first time this has been allowed.

Jo Swinson says there are now no FTSE 100 companies with all-male boards and that the government is "within touching distance" of the target for 25% of FTSE 100 directors being women. The equalities minister also discusses her campaign on body confidence.

Business and Equalities Minister Jo Swinson is now making a speech, and tells activists of the "positive difference" the party is making in government. She cites increases in the national minimum wage, a crack down on "unscrupulous" payday lenders, a £2bn investment in the Post Office network, and efforts to promote employee ownership.

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Lynne Featherstone speaks of the alliance that built up in favour of legalising same-sex marriage, and says of the Conservatives: "They wanted to move away from their homophobic record, genuinely they did, well at least some of them". She says the Lib Dems can "stand proud" and say that the world is a better place because of the party's time in government.

Former Equalities Minister Lynne Featherstone - who helped to push the same-sex marriage legislation through parliament - takes to the stage. She tells activists she must resist the urge to cry, revealing that she gets "incredibly emotional" every time she thinks about the legalisation of gay marriage.

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Tim Farron has said the Lib Dems need to fight a more "positive" and "audacious" campaign ahead of next May's general election, suggesting it was not enough just to attack the Conservatives and Labour or present the party as a moderating force on the two larger parties. "We should act as if we are on 35% or 40% [in the polls] and we are bidding to be in government on our own," the party president told a fringe meeting in Glasgow, urging bolder policies on building new infrastructure and homes.

Ruth Hunt, the chief executive of gay rights charity Stonewall, is now addressing conference. She welcomes the change in the law to allow same-sex marriage but says there is more work to do to empower the transgender community. One part of the journey has been achieved but the next step is to change hearts and minds on equal rights for lesbian, gay and transgender people both at home and abroad, Ms Hunt adds.

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Introducing the session, Scotland Secretary Alistair Carmichael says the Lib Dems were the first party to commit to gay rights policy, in 1975. He hails the passing of legislation to legalise same-sex marriages but says it "reminded us of the work that still needs to be done in the struggle for equality".

The Lib Dem conference resumes. First up on the agenda is a presentation on same sex marriage, which has been legalised in England and Wales under the coalition.

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As the Lib Dem conference takes a lunch break here's a picture of Nick Clegg visiting a real ale stall in the conference zone during a walkabout at the weekend. The action resumes on stage at 2.20pm with a session on same sex marriage, a speech by Jo Swinson and a Q&A with Nick Clegg

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Despite his party languishing in the polls at the moment, Mr Cable says he is confident its MPs will be returned to Westminster in "good numbers" next May.

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The anti-politics mood in the country means that voters will be suspicious of any parties making "implausibly populist" tax pledges at the election, Vince Cable says. His party's commitments will be "judicious" and "honest", he tells The World at One.

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Vince Cable tells The World at One he is not setting out "red or yellow lines" for future coalition negotiations, as it is up to the public to decide who will form the next government. But he says spending decisions are being discussed now and Conservative aspirations for £25bn further cuts are not based on "sensible assumptions".