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Liberal Democrats UK

  • Tuesday, 17 September, 2024
    Lib Dems to press Rachel Reeves to raise taxes on banks and wealthy

    Ed Davey wraps up party conference saying rich should pay more to fund transformation of NHS and social care

  • Tuesday, 17 September, 2024
    Inside Politics
    Lib Dem strategy rests on how it responds to Labour and Tories

    After party’s historic results it will double down on being an anti-Conservative force, with Ed Davey deciding how

    Ed Davey holds a Lib Dem umbrella
  • Monday, 16 September, 2024
    Starmer has ‘boxed himself in’ on Europe, says Lib Dem leader

    Sir Ed Davey argues the UK needs to be ‘much bolder’ in rebuilding EU relations

    Sir Ed Davey, visits Oldland Mill in Keymer, West Sussex
  • Monday, 16 September, 2024
    Inside Politics
    Lib Dems enjoy a festival of calm, but fissures are never far away

    Party will eventually seek to rejoin the EU, but this may spark internal clashes on preferred timing

    Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey
  • Saturday, 14 September, 2024
    Lib Dems raise £1mn from business attendees at annual conference

    Revenue hits 10-year high driven by corporate attendees after record-breaking election performance

    Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey more than quadrupled the party’s seats in the House of Commons in the July general election
  • Thursday, 15 August, 2024
    Inside Politics
    How Liberal Democrats should reap the fruits of Labour

    With electoral fortunes of the two parties tied, Ed Davey must seize the opportunity and highlight former coalition’s achievements

    Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey
  • Friday, 26 July, 2024
    Lib Dems push for extra parliamentary rights to reflect jump in number of MPs

    UK’s third-biggest party won record 72 seats at general election while Tories dropped to 121

    Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey celebrates  his party’s election results with staff and supporters in London on July 5
  • Sunday, 14 July, 2024
    News in-depthUK social care
    Social care crisis needs cross-party solution, says Lib Dems’ Davey

    Lessons from other countries highlight importance of political consensus to fix chronic funding shortfall

    Montage of three coloured circles and a carer with a patient.
  • Wednesday, 10 July, 2024
    Inside Politics
    How middle England opened up record Liberal Democrat gains

    This election, voters were more willing to take a chance on Ed Davey’s party, which mounted an eye-catching campaign

    Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey, front right, and deputy leader Daisy Cooper with Lib Dem MPs in Westminster Hall on July 9, 2024
  • Saturday, 6 July, 2024
    Miranda Green
    A wild and woolly time awaits on the opposition benches

    Tactical voting has ensured success for the Lib Dems and the Greens

  • Friday, 5 July, 2024
    Lib Dems return record number of MPs after Tory rout

    Ed Davey’s party makes biggest gain in seats in its history, defeating two cabinet ministers

    Ed Davey performs a bungee jump while on the campaign trail
  • Friday, 5 July, 2024
    UK general election 2024
    Starmer hails historic Labour victory as Conservatives sink to worst-ever result

    Sunak resigns as prime minister but delays departure as Tory leader until rules to choose successor are in place

    Some notable winning candidates including Keir Starmer, Suella Braverman, Jeremy Corbyn and Nigel Farage
  • Friday, 5 July, 2024
    UK general election 2024
    How time caught up with Britain’s Conservatives

    After 14 years in office, the party lost ground to Labour and the Lib Dems on the left as Reform UK proved itself a new threat on the right

    A montage of Rishi Sunak, against a blue background, in front of a bar chart
  • Thursday, 4 July, 2024
    UK general election 2024
    Conservatives set for historic UK election defeat, polls suggest

    Labour leader Keir Starmer could secure a parliamentary majority of more than 200

    Keir Starmer and Victoria Starmer walking to a polling station
  • Tuesday, 2 July, 2024
    UK general election 2024
    UK general election 2024: everything you need to know

    An FT overview of the key policies, people and polls

    Illustration of a man walking among the logos of the Labour, Conservative, Lib Dem, Reform, Green, SNP and Plaid Cymru parties
  • Wednesday, 26 June, 2024
    UK general election 2024
    Combined support for Labour and Tories hits lowest since 1918

    Fall reaches historic proportions after Reform party, Liberal Democrats and Greens gain traction

    Montage shows Labour leader Keir Starmer against FT data background
  • Tuesday, 25 June, 2024
    UK general election 2024
    Labour diverts activists away from Lib Dem target seats

    Campaign data analysed by FT reveals electoral strategy likely to maximise Tory losses in the south of England

    Montage showing Labour leader Keir Starmer with Liberal Democrat leader  Ed Davey in the background
  • Sunday, 23 June, 2024
    UK general election 2024
    Conservatives shed 32% of voters since January, FT polls finds

    Ipsos survey for the FT finds high levels of volatility in electorate ahead of July 4 ballot

    A montage of images of Keir Starmer, Rishi Sunak, and Nigel Farage
  • Saturday, 22 June, 2024
    News in-depthUK general election 2024
    Low traffic neighbourhood schemes drive wedge between communities across UK

    Vitriolic debate in Bath illustrates how reaction to anti-pollution measures has become increasingly polarised

    Traffic queueing alongside a low traffic neighbourhood scheme in Bath
  • Thursday, 20 June, 2024
    UK general election 2024
    Sunak warns Starmer is promising ‘same fantasies’ as Truss

    Prime minister says he was ‘incredibly angry’ to learn of betting allegations

    Rishi Sunak during a BBC ‘Question Time’ election leaders’ special
  • Tuesday, 18 June, 2024
    Inside Politics
    Could the Lib Dems become the official opposition?

    A Conservative meltdown plus favourable opinion polling could help Ed Davey’s party chart a path to second place

    Ed Davey high fives someone while pushing a yellow wheelbarrow
  • Tuesday, 18 June, 2024
    UK general election 2024
    ‘Project A30’: The Lib Dems’ plan to win over the South West

    From London to Land’s End, Ed Davey says cash boost needed to bring ‘out of reach’ votes into range

    Ed Davey with party activists carrying Lib Dem posters
  • Sunday, 16 June, 2024
    News in-depthUK general election 2024
    Public anger over sewage boosts Lib Dems’ chances in key Tory battlegrounds

    Opposition party makes inroads in South East England seats where water pollution has sparked public anger

    Montage of Surfers Against Sewage protester against FT data backdrop
  • Thursday, 13 June, 2024
    UK general election 2024
    Labour would never seek to take UK back into EU, says Rayner

    Opposition party has agreed to respect outcome of Brexit referendum

    Angela Rayner in the ITV debate studio
  • Tuesday, 11 June, 2024
    Inside Politics
    The Lib Dem strategy to restore their third party status

    Holding the line on taxes and zany photo opportunities are bolstering the party’s campaign

    Lib Dem leader Ed Davey and party members on a ride at Thorpe Park
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