4 h. ago BBC London meets the leaders: the Liberal Democrats' Sir Ed Davey

BBC London meets the leaders: the Liberal Democrats' Sir Ed Davey  BBC

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41 h. ago Davey resolute that boycotting state banquet will send message to Trump

The Liberal Democrat leader has written to the Prime Minister urging him to ensure Palestinian officials can attend a UN assembly later this month.

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67 h. ago Get Send reform wrong and ‘you’re out’, Sir Ed Davey tells Government

The Liberal Democrat leader said he was concerned that forthcoming reforms would not meet the needs of children.

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2 d. ago 'Craven coward': Elon Musk responds to call for him to be sanctioned over remarks at Tommy Robinson's rally

Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey called for the Telsa owner to be sanctioned over remarks he made to crowds attending the ‘Unite the Kingdom’ protest in London

Events

1 week ago Japan PM Shigeru Ishiba to resign amid fallout from disastrous elections

Public broadcaster says prime minister has made decision to avoid divide within his Liberal Democratic partyJapan’s prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, is to resign less than a year after taking office, throwing the country’s politics into turmoil and setting in motion a potentially messy contest to replace him as leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic party (LDP).The softly spoken centrist has presided over two disastrous elections since being elected to lead the LDP last autumn. In October, the party and its junior coalition partner Komeito lost their majority in the lower house and met the same fate in upper house elections this July. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago BBC London meets the leaders: Reform UK's deputy Richard Tice

BBC London meets the leaders: Reform UK's deputy Richard Tice  BBC

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2 w. ago Ministers face parliamentary push to reveal Gaza legal advice

Sir Ed Davey will attempt to use a parliamentary device to force ministers to publish legal advice on whether Israel has broken international law.

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2 w. ago Sir Rod Stewart slams Lib Dem leader for 'snubbing' Donald Trump state banquet

Maggie May singer Sir Rod Stewart said US President Donald Trump is the “only man” that can end the Ukraine war, after Sir Ed Davey said he was boycotting the bash over Gaza

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3 w. ago Lib Dem leader to boycott UK state banquet for Trump in Gaza protest

Sir Ed Davey accuses US president of being complicit in the humanitarian crisis in the Palestinian enclave

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3 w. ago Trump chooses not to end the Gaza slaughter. That’s why I’ll boycott the state dinner when he meets King Charles | Ed Davey

To refuse an invitation like this goes against all my instincts, but I want to send as strong a message as I canEd Davey is leader of the Liberal DemocratsLib Dem leader to boycott king’s Trump banquet in protest over GazaA mother holding a baby boy so thin from starvation you can see his skeleton. The lifeless bodies of children killed while queueing for water. Emaciated hostages, still held captive by Hamas almost two years after those appalling terror attacks.These images and countless more have horrified us all in recent months. The humanitarian crisis in Gaza must stop. The famine must end. The hostages must be returned home.Ed Davey is leader of the Liberal Democrats Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Tories and Reform offer only ‘easy answers and snake oil’ on UK

Nick Thomas-Symonds also accused Nigel Farage of ‘dividing communities and stoking anger’Responding to Ofgem announcing that the energy price cap will rise by 2% (see 8.47am BST), Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey said:The last thing struggling families and pensioners need is higher energy bills this winter. The government should cancel this rise and take up our plan to halve energy bills instead.Ministers should be cutting bills by making sure energy firms pass on the benefits of cheap renewables, not putting up bills yet again. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Silicon Valley is full of wealthy men who think they’re victims, says Nick Clegg

Former Lib Dem leader and Meta strategist writes in new book that power in tech capital is interlaced with ‘self pity’Silicon Valley is full of hubris and hugely wealthy and macho men who think they are victims, the former politician and Facebook executive Nick Clegg has said.The former leader of the Liberal Democrats makes the claim in a new book chronicling his three careers as an MEP in Brussels, an MP and deputy prime minister in Westminster and as a communications and public policy strategist in San Francisco. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Block Elon Musk’s bid to supply UK home energy, Ed Davey urges

Exclusive: Lib Dem leader says giving Tesla a foothold in Britain’s energy market could be national security riskElon Musk’s company, Tesla, should have its application to supply energy to UK homes blocked on national security grounds, Ed Davey has told ministers.The Liberal Democrat leader argued that giving the electric car manufacturer a foothold in the British energy market would be “a gravely concerning move considering Elon Musk’s repeated interference in UK politics”. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Supermarkets are NOT profiteering and Sir Ed Davey was wrong to 'cajole' watchdog

Shore Capital argues that British supermarkets are not 'supernormal profiteers' and noted that their trading margins were slim.

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