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Lib Dems ‘on course to topple leading Tories’ in general election

Local election results in England justify the decision to focus on Conservative areas, claim party strategists

The Guardian - UK · May 4, 2024

‘Tories are woeful’: Lib Dems a whisker away from Wokingham majority

Tactical voting delivers only a near-victory for party in council election in the traditionally Conservative Berkshire stronghold

The Guardian - UK · May 3, 2024

Lib Dems say council results show they can take Westminster seats from Tories

Ed Davey says ‘lifelong Conservative voters are backing the Lib Dems’ in constituencies party is targeting

The Guardian - UK · May 3, 2024

Low-profile Lib Dems are flatlining in the polls – but don’t write them off

Reform UK is making the headlines but tactical voting can power Ed Davey’s party in seats where they are the Tories’ main challengers

The Guardian - UK · Mar 17, 2024

Ed Davey: ‘We need a cross-party agreement on social care’

Speaking ahead of the party’s spring conference, the Liberal Democrat leader challenges the Tories and Labour to find consensus on financial package for the NHS

The Guardian - UK · Mar 16, 2024

OPINION - Jeremy Hunt's Budget sold us the Big Lie of British politics — that we can afford our spending

No one wants Jeremy Hunt to be Chancellor. Labour doesn’t, obviously — the party has its own candidate, albeit with largely the same spending plans and fiscal rules. Rishi Sunak doesn’t — he wants to be his own finance minister. The Tory Right still pines for Truss-onomics, the SNP doesn’t…

Evening Standard · Mar 7, 2024

‘Get the Tories out’ will carry the election, but it won’t fix the faultlines of a broken politics

The duopoly at the centre of our electoral system promises stability, yet delivers anything but. Labour must be ready for that, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

The Guardian - UK · Feb 21, 2024

Liberal Democrats bend the truth in latest election leaflet

The party has a reputation for telling porkies

Evening Standard · Jan 18, 2024

11 Cabinet ministers could lose their seats in upcoming election, according to Tory poll

A YouGov survey has predicted that several senior ministers are on track to lose their seats to Labour, Lib Dems and the SNP

The Independent UK · Jan 15, 2024

Ed Davey’s approval rating takes a big hit from the Post Office scandal

Letter shows the Lib Dem leader initially refused to meet a campaigner when he was a minister responsible for the service

The Guardian - UK · Jan 13, 2024