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Leader of the Liberal Democrats, MP for Kingston and Surbiton

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Ed Davey: Leader of the Liberal Democrats, MP for Kingston and Surbiton
Sir Edward Jonathan Davey is a British politician who has served as Leader of the Liberal Democrats since 2020, having acted in the position from 2019 to 2020. He served in the Cameron–Clegg coalition as Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change from 2012 to 2015 and as Deputy Leader to Jo Swinson in 2019. An "Orange Book" liberal, he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kingston and Surbiton since 2017, and served in the same role from 1997 to 2015.

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Highlights of Alan Bates at Post Office Inquiry [Video]

Highlights of Alan Bates at Post Office Inquiry

Former subpostmaster Alan Bates, who led the campaign to expose the Horizon IT scandal, has told the Post Office inquiry that the organisation has spent 23 years trying to silence him. Giving evidence..

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Davey ‘failed to see through lies’ of Post Office bosses [Video]

Davey ‘failed to see through lies’ of Post Office bosses

Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey says he is “sorry” he failed to “see through the lies” of Post Office executives as he prepares to give evidence to an independent public inquiry into the..

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Ed Davey insists MPs need more cyber security support [Video]

Ed Davey insists MPs need more cyber security support

Leader of the Liberal Democrats, Sir Ed Davey says that more support should be available for MPs to “make sure that security threats that we are seeing are dealt with properly.” It comes after..

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Lib Dems call for a national emergency over sewage [Video]

Lib Dems call for a national emergency over sewage

Leader of the Liberal Democrats Sir Ed Davey calls for a “national environmental emergency” to be declared after raw sewage spills into England's waterways hit a record high in 2023. Report by..

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Lib Dems launch local election campaign with giant egg timer [Video]

Lib Dems launch local election campaign with giant egg timer

Sir Ed Davey launches the Liberal Democrat’s local election campaign in Hertfordshire, by flipping a giant egg timer to reveal the message "Time's running out Rishi!" Speaking to activists..

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Sir Ed Davey: Election date is the only thing PM controls [Video]

Sir Ed Davey: Election date is the only thing PM controls

Sir Ed Davey tells the Liberal Democrats spring conference that the prime minister "sounds like he's already given up" and that setting the general election date is "pretty much the only thing left..

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Ed Davey arrives for final day of Lib Dems spring conference [Video]

Ed Davey arrives for final day of Lib Dems spring conference

Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey arrives for the final day of his party's spring conference in York. Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at..

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Ed Davey kicks off Lib Dem conference with removal van stunt [Video]

Ed Davey kicks off Lib Dem conference with removal van stunt

As the Liberal Democrat Spring Conference gets underway in York, their leader Sir Ed Davey hopes to get a step closer to sending the Conservatives packing. In a political stunt, he loads boxes onto the..

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Ed Davey: This budget is not a good one for our country [Video]

Ed Davey: This budget is not a good one for our country

Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey has attacked Jeremy Hunt’s Budget saying “it’s not a good one for our country” as “there was nothing there that would turn our economy around”. Report by..

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Family of Emma Caldwell meet Humza Yousaf [Video]

Family of Emma Caldwell meet Humza Yousaf

Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey warns that “any tax cuts in the Budget will be a deception and swindle” on the British people. Jeremy Hunt is set to cut national insurance by 2p in his budget on..

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Davey hints at post-election Lib Dem deal with Labour

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Ed Davey commits Lib Dems to pensions triple lock under any circumstances

Sir Ed Davey has insisted the Liberal Democrats will continue to support the pensions triple lock under any circumstances.
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Lib Dem leader vows to steal Tory and Labour votes at local elections

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Brexit is 'elephant in the room' and UK must Tear down 'Tory' trade barriers, say Lib Dems

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Big test for Lib Dems as they attempt to come out of wilderness and take Tory seats

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Sir Ed Davey challenges Lib Dems to 'tear down' Tory 'blue wall' to help oust PM

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