Reform UK overtakes Labour in Morning Wire poll for first time March 3, 2025 Reform UK has overtaken Labour on voting intention for the first time in Morning Wire‘s monthly tracking of UK voters. Reform came top of the monthly voting intention tracker with 27 per cent, versus Labour’s 24 per cent and the Conservatives’ 23 per cent, according to the poll by Morning Wire Freshwater Strategy poll. The [...]
PMQs: UK should impose ‘Tesla tariffs’ on US electric cars, Davey says February 12, 2025 The UK should impose “Tesla tariffs” on US electric cars produced by Elon Musk, after President Donald Trump announced higher taxes on steel imports, the Lib Dem leader has suggested. Sir Ed Davey called for the UK to retaliate – after Trump confirmed he would impose 25 per cent tariffs on all steel and aluminium [...]
Labour’s waning brand is a boost for the Lib Dems, not the Tories February 5, 2025 Labour has followed the Tories in embroiling itself in a crisis of trust, and it's the Lib Dems who stand to gain, writes James Reed.
Pensions triple lock should not be kept ‘indefinitely’, says minister who introduced it January 18, 2025 The minister who first signed off on the pensions triple lock has suggested he thinks there is not a case for keeping the measure “indefinitely”. Former Liberal Democrat MP Sir Steve Webb, who served as pensions minister in the coalition government, thinks there is still a case for keeping it now, and there is still “a pretty low state pension” [...]
Kemi Badenoch: Tories could means test state pension triple-lock January 17, 2025 Kemi Badenoch has said the Conservatives could look at means testing the state pension triple-lock, in what would be a major policy shift. The Tory Party leader was asked during a phone-in on LBC Radio whether she would “look at” the triple-lock on the state pension, which sees the welfare benefit rise each year by [...]
Starmer: Funding rules may be changed amid Musk’s interest in Farage’s Reform January 8, 2025 The government will look at potential reforms to political party funding, Sir Keir Starmer has said, as0 the Liberal Democrats raised the “spectre” of Elon Musk’s possible donation to Reform UK. Leader Sir Ed Davey asked the Prime Minister to change the rules around party funding amid the US businessman’s continued interest in British politics [...]
The Lib Dems are blowing a golden opportunity September 19, 2024 The Lib Dems have never had a better chance to win support but they’re making two big mistakes: they think the Tories are their enemy and they think they’re doing well, says Andy Preston The Lib Dems have never had such a golden opportunity to win attention, support and move the dial in politics. But [...]
Sir Ed Davey jet skis into ‘very excited’ Lib Dem conference September 14, 2024 Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey has said people are “absolutely ecstatic” as the party’s autumn conference began in Brighton on Saturday. At its first conference since the party won 72 MPs in July’s general election, Sir Ed described the mood as “very excited”. He said: “People are absolutely ecstatic about the historic result the [...]
Election 2024: Jeremy Hunt clings on amid bloodbath of Tory big beasts July 5, 2024 Jeremy Hunt has clung on to his Surrey seat as scores of former cabinet colleagues were ousted in a bloodbath of Tory big beasts around the country.
Election 2024: Conservatives’ Blue Wall set to crumble under Lib Dem onslaught July 5, 2024 The Liberal Democrats look set to win swathes of the so-called Blue Wall and ‘stockbroker belt’ from the Conservative party as the Tory vote collapses in its traditional heartlands.