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Lib Dems launch ‘Portillo pot’ fundraiser to oust Tory ministers

Leader Ed Davey tells party members it is critical moment as Tories pour election funds into keeping blue wall seats

The Guardian - UK

Gladstone would not be welcome in ‘anti-Christian’ Lib Dems, claims top Bishop

The Bishop of Winchester Philip Mounstephen has denounced the Lib Dems after claims that a former BBC journalist was deselected by the Lib Dems over his Christian beliefs

The Independent UK

Sir Ed Davey appeals to Labour backers to switch to Liberal Democrats to 'knock out' Tories from Wimbledon

Lib Dems targeting constituency after Tories won by just 628 votes in 2019

Evening Standard

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Iain Dale drops out of Tunbridge Wells election race after 3 days as embarrassing LBC radio clip resurfaces

LBC presenter Iain Dale has quit the election race just 48 hours after announcing he would stand as a Tory MP

The Independent UK

Labour to face fresh attack from Green party in key seats in election

Party hopes to lure voters who want radical change and strong climate policies, rather than centrism

The Guardian - UK

Ed Davey launches Lib Dem election campaign with ‘no ceiling on ambitions’

Leader says party is receiving best response from voters ‘for a generation’ as he unveils Yellow Hammer One battlebus

The Guardian - UK

General election 2024: How many seats could the Liberal Democrats and Reform UK win?

Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer will dominate the headlines, but The Independent looks at how smaller parties the Lib Dems and Reform UK might fare

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Scottish LibDem candidate donated £25,000 to Boris Johnson's Tories

THE LibDem candidate in a key target seat donated £25,000 to the Conservatives under the leadership of Boris Johnson, The National can reveal.

The National (Scotland)

Rishi Sunak names July 4 for UK general election: What’s next?

Sunak announced general election which could signal an end to his Conservative Party’s 14 years of power in the UK.

Al Jazeera

2024 general election: Lib Dems target Jeremy Hunt for their own Portillo moment in the Blue Wall

Labour has its own targets in the Home Counties including Grant Shapps

Evening Standard

General election 2024: What are the Liberal Democrats' policies and who is their leader Ed Davey?

The Lib Dems want to clean several Tory failures by focusing on health, care, crumbling schools and sewage

Evening Standard

UK election called for 4 July – what happens next?

On a rainy afternoon in London, an increasingly damp Rishi Sunak confirmed what many had been speculating for most of the day in a speech outside 10 Downing Street – that the UK is heading for an election earlier than anticipated. Here’s what to expect in the weeks ahead.

The Conversation

Could there really be a hung parliament at the next UK general election?

After PM’s bold reading of disastrous Tory local election results, we assess the variables in play at national level

The Guardian - UK

Lib Dems gain most council seats in last five years, party’s data shows

Party has gained 768 seats, Labour 545 and the Greens 480, while the Conservatives have lost 1,783

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Key points as local election results show major Tory losses

With almost all council elections declared, Conservatives are on course to lose up to 500 seats

The Guardian - UK

Polls open in England’s local elections with Tories braced for heavy losses

Party predicted to lose about half of the 1,000 seats it is defending in contest that could shape Rishi Sunak’s future

The Guardian - UK

The Lib Dems have lost their way – even some members admit it

Letters: Doubts about the role and direction of the Liberal Democrats are voiced by Michael Meadowcroft, Paul Lally, Gordon Vassell and Peter Loschi

Evening Standard

What is the London Assembly? Elections to take place in May

The London Assembly holds 25 members but what exactly do they do?

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Lib Dems pledge to clamp down on London sexual offences as party launches mayoral manifesto

Candidate Rob Blackie argues that victims are being ‘denied justice’

Evening Standard

Tories to lose all but five London seats in general election disaster for Rishi Sunak, new poll suggests

The YouGov survey showed the Conservatives haemorrhaging more than a dozen seats to Labour and the Liberal Democrats

The Guardian - UK

Conservatives set for worst election result yet, research shows

Survey of 15,000 people suggests even party leader Rishi Sunak’s North Yorkshire seat is at risk

Evening Standard

Tories set for worst election result, major poll suggests

Rishi Sunak’s party could be reduced to just 98 MPs, according to a seat-by-seat analysis by Survation

The Guardian - UK

BBC apologises for calling Reform UK ‘far right’

Reform party leader Richard Tice says he expects BBC to change its editorial guidelines

The Guardian - UK

Lib Dems to open conference with call to copy Biden’s tax on share buybacks

Exclusive: Money raised from a tax on companies buying their own shares could be used for green investment, party says

The Guardian - UK

Jeremy Hunt has given over £100,000 to local Tory party in bid to retain seat

Exclusive: Records show extent of chancellor’s donations since 2019 as polling suggests he is on course to lose at general election

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