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This is where you'll find news on the Liberal Democrats. Founded in 1988, the Lib Dems are a liberal party. From 2010 until 2015, the party formed a coalition government with the Conservative Party. The current party leader is Ed Davey.

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MPs 'accidentally' vote in favour of joining a customs union with the EU

Channel: Politics Politics December 10, 2025 By Craig Munro
Mandatory Credit: Photo by ANDY RAIN/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock (14571101l) Liberal Democratic Party leader Ed Davey (R) arrives at a polling station with his wife Emily during the British General Election in Surbiton, Britain, 04 July 2024. Britons are heading to the polls to elect new members of Parliament following the call by Britain's Prime Minister Sunak for a snap election. Liberal Democratic Party leader Ed Davey votes in UK General Election, Surbiton, United Kingdom - 04 Jul 2024

Ed Davey's wife 'sat on the loo and prayed when constituent tried to enter home'

Channel: UK UK November 25, 2025 By Sarah Hooper
Liberal Democrats leader Sir Ed Davey during a visit to Grantchester, Cambridgeshire, whilst campaigning for this week's local elections.

Man 'armed with flick knife' charged with stalking Lib Dem leader Ed Davey

Channel: Politics Politics October 12, 2025 By Jen Mills
Liberal Democrats Ed Davey Campaign Event

Ed Davey's strategy of spreading joy could be Liberal Democrats' secret weapon

Channel: Politics Politics September 24, 2025 By Pablo O'Hana
Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey batting during a game of beach cricket with LibDem MPs beside the famous beach huts at West Undercliff Promenade, in Bournemouth, Dorset, ahead of his speech at the Liberal Democrats autumn conference. Picture date: Tuesday September 23, 2025. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: Ben Birchall/PA Wire

Four things we learned at the Lib Dems' reliably eccentric seaside conference

Channel: Politics Politics September 23, 2025 By Craig Munro
Nigel Farage and Ed Davey

Ed Davey says Farage becoming PM would mean mass shooting drills in our schools

Channel: Politics Politics September 23, 2025 By Craig Munro
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Readers debate the UK's recognition of the state of Palestine

Channel: Letters Letters September 23, 2025 By Letters Editor
Elon Musk in the White House Oval Office.

Hold Elon Musk criminally liable for X posts that hurt kids, Lib Dems tell Ofcom

Channel: Politics Politics September 22, 2025 By Craig Munro
Portrait of a happy woman talking on the phone while riding on the bus - transport concepts

Should we be fining people who blare music out loud on public transport?

Channel: Politics Politics August 27, 2025 By Craig Munro
LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 02: Keir Starmer attends Pride in London 2022: The 50th Anniversary - Parade on July 02, 2022 in London, England. (Photo by Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images)

Major UK Pride parades ban political parties from marching

Channel: UK UK May 20, 2025 By Josh Milton

Why we must talk about the lion-hearted generation all the time and not just on VE Day

Channel: Politics Politics May 8, 2025 By Craig Munro

Map shows which areas of the UK are voting in the 2025 local elections

Channel: Politics Politics May 2, 2025 By Craig Munro
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Drag queen bumps into 'UK's sexiest politician' and chaos ensues

Channel: UK UK April 2, 2025 By Josh Milton
DONETSK OBLAST, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 18: Medics of the 56th Motorized Brigade provide aid to a wounded Ukrainian soldier on October 18, 2024 in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. Medics from the 56th Motorized Brigade stabilization point work on the Kramatorsk direction. Here they provide first aid and stabilize wounded Ukrainian soldiers who hold the defense in Chasiv Yar. (Photo by Yevhenii Vasyliev/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)

Drug-resistant superbugs from Ukrainian battlefield 'could wreak havoc in NHS'

Channel: Politics Politics January 21, 2025 By Craig Munro
Play Video Ed Davey prepares for more bad news about Christmas single after Fifa thrashing by Metro

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

Channel: Politics Politics April 8, 2025 By Craig Munro
Sarah Olney?s motion backing proportional representation (Picture: UK Parliament)

How MPs 'accidentally' backed changing the way the UK votes

Channel: Politics Politics December 4, 2024 By Craig Munro

Surprise contender emerges for the Christmas number one slot

Channel: Politics Politics November 28, 2024 By Danny Rigg
Play Video I heard one song at every party conference I visited - I tried to find out why Getty Images/EPA

I heard this one song at every party conference - here's what I found out

Channel: Politics Politics October 4, 2024 By Craig Munro
BRIGHTON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 17: Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey delivers his keynote speech on the fourth day of the Liberal Democrat autumn conference on September 17, 2024 in Brighton, England. The Liberal Democrats increased their MP headcount from 15 to 72 in the recent general election, a record result for the party. This makes them the third-largest party in the UK Parliament. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

Lib Dem arrested after woman was groped at conference party

Channel: Politics Politics September 18, 2024 By Katie Boyden
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