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The latest news, features and interviews with Ed Davey, the politician and party leader of the Liberal Democrats. He has been leader since 2019 and served in the David Cameron–Nick Clegg coalition as Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change from 2012 to 2015 and as Deputy Leader to Jo Swinson in 2019. Davey will contest his first General Election as party leader in 2024.

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Ed Davey braces for more bad Christmas single news after Metro wins EAFC faceoff

Channel: Politics Politics December 20, 2024 By Craig Munro

Surprise contender emerges for the Christmas number one slot

Channel: Politics Politics November 28, 2024 By Danny Rigg
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Starmer becomes first UK leader since Churchill to attend Remembrance in France

Channel: UK UK November 11, 2024 By Tom Sanders
Government Ministers Attend Weekly Cabinet Meeting

How much is the Winter Fuel Payment in 2024 and how to claim?

Channel: Money Money October 30, 2024 By Tom Sanders
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I heard this one song at every party conference - here's what I found out

Channel: Politics Politics October 4, 2024 By Craig Munro
Play Video Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey during a visit to Treflach Farm in Treflach, Shropshire. Picture date: Thursday April 25, 2024.

Ed Davey reveals why he didn't stick his hand inside a cow

Channel: Politics Politics September 18, 2024 By Craig Munro
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Things got very spicy on the last night of the Lib Dem conference

Channel: Politics Politics September 17, 2024 By Craig Munro
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Strictly Come Dancing fans vow 'never to watch again' after controversial line-up rumour

Channel: TV TV July 10, 2024 By Meghna Amin
Laura Kuenssberg slammed for dismissive response to Labour

Laura Kuenssberg defended by BBC after backlash over 'disgraceful' remark

Channel: TV TV July 15, 2024 By Alistair McGeorge
Pro-Palestinian protesters as the car convoy carrying Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer leaves Bute House in Edinburgh following his meeting with First Minister of Scotland John Swinney during the PM's tour of the UK following Labour's victory in the 2024 General Election. Picture date: Sunday July 7, 2024. PA Photo. See PA story POLITICS Labour. Photo credit should read: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

Politics latest: Keir Starmer confirms Palestine stance amid protests at start of UK tour

Channel: Politics Politics July 7, 2024 By Will Neal
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Rishi Sunak admits defeat and concedes to Keir Starmer after dramatic night

Channel: Politics Politics July 5, 2024 By Craig Munro

I am worried about taxes - who should I vote for?

Channel: Politics Politics July 5, 2024 By Tom Sanders

Is this the most awkward moment of the General Election campaign?

Channel: UK UK July 4, 2024 By Sarah Hooper
Lib Dem Manifesto

Everything you need to know from the Lib Dem General Election manifesto

Channel: Politics Politics July 4, 2024 By Craig Munro
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Tories face Labour landslide worse than 1997 in final General Election poll

Channel: Politics Politics July 4, 2024 By Brooke Davies
Former British prime minister Boris Johnson addresses Conservative Party supporters at the National Army Museum in London on July 2, 2024 as part of a campaign event in the build-up to the UK general election on July 4. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP) (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Boris Johnson makes first election appearance as campaign enters final hours

Channel: UK UK July 3, 2024 By Jen Mills
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Ed Davey: 'I lent Ed Balls my A-level history notes and he didn't return them'

Channel: UK UK July 2, 2024 By Craig Munro
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak during his visit to Cotswolds Distillery

Rishi Sunak may cling to power even if Tories lose General Election

Channel: Politics Politics July 1, 2024 By Sam Courtney-Guy
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Labour refuses to rule out council tax hikes after General Election

Channel: Politics Politics June 16, 2024 By Josh Milton

What Labour and the Tories are saying about tax after the General Election

Channel: Politics Politics July 3, 2024 By Tom Sanders