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The Latest Breaking News from Ed Davey

Key points from a conference season of contrasts

The PA news agency picks through the main issues from the 2023 party conference season.

The Independent UK

Six cabinet ministers set to lose seats in Tory blue wall rout, new poll shows

Six cabinet ministers are set to lose their seats at the next general election as the Conservatives come under assault in the so-called blue wall of safe Tory seats, a new poll shows.

The Independent UK

The Guardian view on the Liberal Democrats: a strategy to help oust the Tories

Editorial: Casting the Lib Dems as the party of the NHS is bold but credible – given a Liberal can claim to have invented it

The Guardian - UK

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Ed Davey promises legal guarantee on cancer treatment starting time during conference speech

Sir Ed began his address by poking fun at the Tory government, saying ‘clown’ is the ‘wrong C-word’ for the Conservatives

Evening Standard

Not-so-cuddly Lib Dems laser focused on target list of seats

Streamlined party under Ed Davey will concentrate its finite resources on a number of key, mainly Tory, constituencies at the next election

The Guardian - UK

Ed Davey pledges legal guarantee on cancer waiting times

Lib Dem leader closes party conference with speech reinforcing party’s focus on the NHS

The Guardian - UK

Davey makes pledge on legal rights for cancer patients in keynote speech

Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey made the commitment as part of his speech at the party conference in Bournemouth.

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Ed Davey: Tories ‘are clinging to fossil fuels’

The Lib Dem leader set to use party conference speech to take a swipe at Rishi Sunak over eco policies

Evening Standard

Lib Dem leader Davey to focus on NHS as party conference wraps up

Sir Ed Davey will pledge to ‘fix our economy with care’ in his rallying cry to delegates as he wraps up the party conference in Bournemouth.

The Independent UK

Lib Dems members rebuff leadership with vote to keep housebuilding targets

Overwhelming conference vote defies Ed Davey strategy of reshaping policy to court wavering Tory voters

The Guardian - UK

Lib Dems receive ‘transformational’ £1m boost to election war chest

The windfall, the Liberal Democrats’ biggest since 2019, is said to be enough to recruit extra staff in dozens of seats

The Independent UK

Rejoining EU will be ‘long-term thing’, says Ed Davey as Lib Dem tensions grow over reversing Brexit

The Liberal Democrat leader said he has ‘worked very carefully’ with foreign affairs spokesman Layla Moran ‘to make sure that we can improve our relationship with Europe’

The Independent UK

Liberal Democrats receive £1 million donation left in will by party member

The Liberal Democrats have received a £1 million boost to their election war chest after a member left the party money in his will.

The National (Scotland)

Lib Dems receive £1m legacy donation boost to election war chest

One source said the donation, which is their biggest since 2019, would be ‘transformational’ to the party’s campaign.

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Evening Standard

Whip round saves the music at Lib Dem conference karaoke

Meanwhile Lib Dem leader Ed Davey capsized in a kayak in a stunt against sewage

The Independent UK

Lib Dems would hike tax on big firms rather than high earners, Davey suggests

Sir Ed said the Liberal Democrat commitment – dating back to 1992 – to raise income tax by 1p to improve public services is now unsustainable.

The Guardian - UK

Lib Dems rule out taxing rich in effort to woo Tory voters

Lib Dem leader says party will target Conservative voters and use energy firms’ profits and banks’ tax breaks to fund NHS

Evening Standard

Lib Dems will drop key pledge to put penny on income tax, says Sir Ed Davey

Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey suggested wealthier workers already pay enough tax

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The Independent UK

Sir Ed Davey says Lib Dems will drop key pledge to put penny on income tax

The Liberal Democrats have become the first major party to adopt an early version of its manifesto for a general election expected next year.

The Independent UK

Lib Dems adopt early version of manifesto aimed at winning over Tory heartlands

Keeping the triple lock, introducing a £5 billion social care package and banning sewage-dumping are among key pledges.

The Guardian - UK

Liberal Democrats plan to focus election campaign on ultra-local issues

Approach mirrors recent byelection successes but has some members at conference expressing concern

The Guardian - UK

Britain’s political debate is lacking bold, radical policies. This is your moment, Lib Dems

Ed Davey should go big on Europe, the economy and the environment at the party conference this week, says Max von Thun, a former adviser to the party

The National (Scotland)

'So weird': BBC presenter pokes fun at LibDem leader over Brexit question

LIBDEM leader Ed Davey was told by a BBC presenter it was “so weird” he would not answer a question on the EU during an interview.

The Guardian - UK

Shapps says ‘outside reality’ not to reconsider HS2 as Labour says it cannot make decision without more information – as it happened

Grant Shapps says Rishi Sunak ‘prepared to take difficult long-term decision’ when asked about future of HS2 rail project

The Guardian - UK

Before we get to the election, Lib Dems need to raise their sights and up their game

They pulled off some spectacular byelection victories over the Tories, but their poll rating is consistently underwhelming

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