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Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey’s spotlight on unpaid care and male caregiving has never been more necessary. In addition to photo ops at theme parks and falling into lakes, Davey has put out a more serious party election broadcast featuring his personal story of caring for his teenage son John,…

Politicians are dropping in pop culture references and even rewriting song lyrics to win votes... to varying levels of success

Here are some of the headline policy proposals from the Lib Dems

Despite the fact that it is central to so many people’s lives, too often, social care is an afterthought for UK political parties. In the first TV debate of the 2024 general election, Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer devoted only 36 seconds to this issue.

Plans to fund adult care have been derided as a ‘dementia tax’ or a ‘death tax’. The carers I visited showed me that what they need is both urgent and simple, says the Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

Editorial: Sir Ed Davey says he is offering a programme for real change. Voters should seriously consider it when casting their ballots

Ed Davey knows he’s not going to be forming the next government – it’s best to treat the party’s pitch as a mood board

In 2019 the Lib Dem promise to reverse Brexit was an election disaster for the party, but five years on things are different

Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey said he wanted to fix the UK’s broken relationship with Europe after Brexit, in a bid to win the support of millions of voters who want closer ties with the bloc

The Liberal Democrat leader said fixing the UK’s broken relationship with Europe will drive down prices in shops and widen opportunities for young people to work throughout the bloc

No major surprises at launch, as Davey attempts to separate party from Labour and Tories in terms of policy costings