‘We offer the most ambitious change’: Ed Davey vows to push a Labour government for radical action

Ed Davey said Lib Dems would apply pressure to a Starmer government – although the focus remained on ousting Tory MPs in the election via tactical voting. Photograph: Joe Giddens/PA

The Lib Dems will push a Labour ­government to adopt more radical policies on tax, welfare and bringing Britain closer to the EU, Ed Davey has said, amid growing expectations that his party is on course for a far bigger role in the next parliament.

In an interview with the Observer, the Lib Dem leader said that his ­party’s focus remained squarely on ousting Tory MPs via a tactical ­voting drive that he claimed could be the most successful ever seen.