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Politics
Christopher McKeon

Lib Dem MP quits front bench ‘in bid to topple Sir Ed Davey’

Sir Ed Davey is facing a bid to topple him as leader of the Liberal Democrats.(Stefan Rousseau/PA) - (PA Wire)

A senior Liberal Democrat MP has quit the party’s front bench in what is reported to be an effort to topple leader Sir Ed Davey.

The party confirmed that Charlie Maynard, the MP for Witney, had quit as a Treasury spokesman on Friday.

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