The Latest Breaking News from Ed Davey

In an interview, the Lib Dem leader says even Labour voters want party to win seats so they can hold Starmer to account

Foreign secretary warns voters not to be taken in by Reform’s ‘inflammatory’ language and ‘hopeless policy’

It was enough tough week for prime minister Rishi Sunak after yet another gaffe and more troubling polling, with just weeks to go until polling day on 4 July

The Liberal Democrats were the first party to unveil their manifesto and the first party to break ranks and declare increases in tax, or sort of. Ed Davey announced that they would reverse tax cuts to banks and introduce a windfall tax on profits. Obviously, the Liberal Democrats can do…

Get insights on the U.K.'s general election campaign midway through manifestos, tax policies, and party strategies.

The Lib Dems led the pack – on manifesto launch catering – and we finally learned the extent of the PM’s childhood deprivation

Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey’s spotlight on unpaid care and male caregiving has never been more necessary. In addition to photo ops at theme parks and falling into lakes, Davey has put out a more serious party election broadcast featuring his personal story of caring for his teenage son John,…

Politicians are dropping in pop culture references and even rewriting song lyrics to win votes... to varying levels of success

Here are some of the headline policy proposals from the Lib Dems

Despite the fact that it is central to so many people’s lives, too often, social care is an afterthought for UK political parties. In the first TV debate of the 2024 general election, Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer devoted only 36 seconds to this issue.

Plans to fund adult care have been derided as a ‘dementia tax’ or a ‘death tax’. The carers I visited showed me that what they need is both urgent and simple, says the Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff