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Unpaid carers welcome Liz Kendall’s plan to review benefit rules

Welfare secretary promised overhaul of carer’s allowance after overpayments scandal raised concern over injustices

The Guardian - UK

Minister vows to end scandal that left thousands of UK carers in debt

Exclusive: Overhaul of system that imposed draconian penalties for innocent errors in benefit claims is expected

The Guardian - UK

Bad jokes, war stories and rehashed rhetoric: key takeaways from the Tory leadership speeches

The four Conservative candidates set out their visions for the party after its worst-ever general election defeat

The Guardian - UK

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The Lib Dems have prospered by swapping values for jet skis

By abandoning its core principles, Ed Davey’s party has enjoyed its most fruitful election performance. But do we want opposition that doesn’t stand for anything?

The Guardian - UK

Working together, Labour and the Lib Dems could exile the Tories for a generation

Starmer and Davey need to seize the moment. They have enough common ground to ally against their common enemy, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

The Guardian - UK

Lib Dems to investigate member accused of groping woman at party conference

The Lib Dems confirmed the accused 57-year-old member has been suspended and it has launched an internal investigation into the incident

The Independent UK

The Guardian view on the Lib Dems’ ambitions: to become the main opposition in Britain

Editorial: Sir Ed Davey is gambling that big ideas will give his party an advantage in the crisis-ridden and polarising conditions of the current era

The Guardian - UK

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Dire Brexit EU trade figures could get even worse, warns expert

New research has proven that Brexit has damaged the UK’s trade but an expert has warned things could get worse with the new border checks system

The Independent UK

Ed Davey needs a new tune to play on the Lib Dem party bus

Party can be proud of election result, but now they are back at the table they must have something to say

The Guardian - UK

The Lib Dems need a tight policy focus – but the stunts are here to stay

The general election result vindicated Ed Davey’s ease with a blunt visual metaphor, but the party also needs to distinguish itself from Labour

The Guardian - UK

Ed Davey calls for taskforce to ‘winterproof the NHS’ in conference closing speech

The Liberal Democrat leader used his conference speech to urge Sir Keir Starmer to ‘make this year the last winter crisis in our NHS’

The Independent UK

Ed Davey reveals 'hand up cow's backside' election stunt stopped by health and safety rules

Wing walking on a biplane was among other stunt ideas ‘rejected’ during the Lib Dem election campaign, Lib Dem leader has suggested

Evening Standard

Lib Dems will 'consign Tories to history books', says Ed Davey

The Lib Dem leader, whose party won a record 72 MPs at the general election, promised to be “bolder”

Evening Standard

Ed Davey urges ‘faster and bolder’ action on NHS and social care

Leader tells Lib Dem conference the party will be an antidote to the ‘pessimism and defeatism’ of Starmer

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Watch: Liberal Democrats leader Ed Davey addresses final day of Brighton Conference

Watch as Liberal Democrats leader Sir Ed Davey addressed the final day of the party's conference in Brighton on Tuesday 17 September.

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer and Ed Davey lead two different parties but face the same question: can the UK centre hold?

There is a clear, mutual respect between the two men who must oppose each other on one level but have comparable objectives, says journalist and author Tom Baldwin

The Guardian - UK

Lib Dems hopeful of more election gains if Tory drift to right continues

Officials predict further gains if next Conservative leader focuses on winning back voters from Reform UK

The Independent UK

Ed Davey to urge Lib Dems ‘to finish the job’ and overtake the Tories

Finishing off the Tories will be the main focus of Lib Dem leader Ed Davey’s conference speech, rather than attacking the Labour government

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The Independent UK

Ed Davey accuses Keir Starmer of ‘mistake’ over refusal to rejoin EU single market

Sir Ed Davey said Sir Keir Starmer’s mission to drive economic growth will be hampered by the PM’s refusal to rejoin the single market

The Independent UK

Four-week waits for GP appointments on course for record high, Lib Dems warn

The Liberal Democrats said fixing the GP crisis is critical and they are campaigning for everyone to have the right to see a GP within a week

The Independent UK

Tory leadership hopefuls focused on ‘weird’ issues, Lib Dem deputy claims

Daisy Cooper said their ‘politics is weird, their choice of issues is weird, they talk about issues that are not relevant to most people in the country’

The Independent UK

Ed Davey joins calls to let Ukraine use Storm Shadow missiles in Russia

The Liberal Democrat leader joined a growing chorus calling for a shift in stance

Evening Standard

Lib Dems say party stunts will continue as conference gets underway

Daisy Cooper said she believed stunts ‘show you can do politics with some hope’.

The Independent UK

Nigel Farage questioned over commitment to MP role by Lib Dem chief

Wendy Chamberlain questioned the priorities for Reform UK MPs Lee Anderson and Nigel Farage, both of whom host shows on GB News

The Guardian - UK

Local insight needed to tackle tax evasion

Brief letters: Retailers and VAT | Golf-club politics | Ed Davey’s chaotic kitchen | Lib Dem leader’s multiple mobiles | Cabinet ruled out

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