Ed Davey

A doctor checking a patient's blood pressure at a practice. PIC: Anthony Devlin/PA Wire

Social care needs to be at the heart of NHS reforms

Near one in 10 patients waiting a month for a GP appointment in region

Liberal Democrats leader Sir Ed Davey during the party's General Election manifesto. Credit: Lucy North/PA Wire

Sir Ed Davey says response to election video about his disabled son inspired him

Liberal Democrats leader Sir Ed Davey. Credit: Lucy North/PA Wire

Lib Dems to force vote on Rachel Reeves' Winter Fuel Payment cut

Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer takes part in a TV interview at a campaign event. PIC: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

The PM needs to focus on the basics and be honest with the country - Daxa Patel

General Election 2024’s 7 best campaign moments and gaffes.

General Election 2024 7 best campaign moments and gaffes

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak walks back in to 10 Downing Street, London, after calling a General Election for July 4. PIC: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Next PM needs to better understand farming communities - Sarah Todd

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak holding a glass bottle during a visit to a farm shop. PIC: Aaron Chown/PA Wire

Why are major political parties ignoring us middle-aged voters? - Jayne Dowle

One question remains after leaders' special - how can we trust you?

Liberal Democrats leader Sir Ed Davey on an assault course during a visit to Arena Pursuits in Wadhurst, Kent, while on the General Election campaign trail. Gareth Fuller/PA Wire

Former subpostmaster criticises ‘buffoonery’ of Sir Ed Davey campaign

Lib Dems pledge eventual EU return and tax hikes for NHS in manifesto launch

Newly appointed leader of Britain's right-wing populist party, Reform UK, and the party's parliamentary candidate for Clacton, Nigel Farage reacts as he is about to be hit in the face by the contents of a drinks cup, during his general election campaign launch in Clacton-on-Sea, eastern England, on June 4, 2024. Nigel Farage on Monday said he would stand as a candidate for the anti-immigration Reform UK party in Britain's general election next month, after initially ruling out running. "I have changed my mind... I am going to stand," Farage, 60, told a news conference. He will seek election on July 4 in the fiercely pro-Brexit seat of Clacton, southeast England. (Photo by Ben Stansall / AFP) (Photo by BEN STANSALL/AFP via Getty Images)

Nigel Farage attacked in the street

Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey falls into lake.

Watch: Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey falls into lake

Calls to improve dental care welcome

A year ago, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was urged in Parliament during Prime Minister’s Questions to face head-on the crisis that is crippling NHS dentistry in this country.

The Yorkshire Post

Ed Davey testing the River Nidd for pollution in Knaresborough.

Ed Davey: One Nation Tories see us as their new home

Sir Ed Davey and the Lib Dem candidate for Harrogate, Tom Gordon

Ed Davey calls for River Nidd to be given special protection from sewage

York sees England's worst increases in month-long GP waits, figures suggest

Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey during a visit to a school. PIC: James Manning/PA Wire

The Lib Dems would tackle long GP waiting times plaguing Yorkshire - Ed Davey

Ribblehead Viaduct. (Pic credit: Tony Johnson)

Battleground Yorkshire: A new election series from The Yorkshire Post

Alan Bates, former sub-postmaster and campaigner, after appearing before the Business and Trade Select Committee. PIC: Lucy North/PA Wire

The Post Office is a 'dead duck', adrift without a moral compass - David Behrens

Sir Ed Davey is currently the leader of the Liberal Democrats. PIC: James Manning/PA Wire

Sir Ed Davey is being treated unfairly over the Post Office scandal - YP Letters

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak hosts a PM Connect event in Accrington, Lancashire. PIC: Christopher Furlong/PA Wire

Voters are looking to the PM to intervene in Post Office scandal - YP Letters

Former Post Office boss Paula Vennells who is to hand back her CBE following the fallout of the Horizon IT scandal which led to the wrongful prosecution of hundreds of subpostmasters.

Ex-Post Office boss hands back CBE following Horizon Scandal drama

Yorkshire MP Sir David Davis was among those calling for a substantial response to make things right for convicted Post Office staff.

Government set for tough response on Horizon scandal following ITV drama

Rishi Sunak speaks during a visit to the MyPlace Youth Centre, in Mansfield, in the East Midlands.

Election will not be called until after May, Rishi Sunak suggests

Rishi Sunak has said that he is preparing for an election after May, as he faces calls to go the country earlier and put to bed accusations that he is a “squatter” in Downing Street.

Mason Boycott-Owen

Ed Miliband, Labour's Shadow Climate and Net Zero Secretary.

Energy companies and banks see jump in profits, figures show

A Liberal Democrats poster at the Bath & West Showground in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, as counting begins in the Somerton and Frome by-election, called following the resignation of David Warburton amid allegations of sexual harassment and cocaine use. Picture date: Thursday July 20, 2023. PA Photo. See PA story POLITICS ByElections. Photo credit should read: Ben Birchall/PA Wire

Lib Dems overturn large Tory majority to make inroads in former heartlands

File photo dated 22/01/22 of people out socialising in Temple Bar in Dublin city centre as people attending someone else's stag or hen do typically face paying £779 in the UK or £1,208 if they go abroad, a survey indicates. Picture: Damien Storan/PA Wire

Why I'm glad to be too old for ever-more costly stag dos: David Behrens

Free range hens roaming and foraging on farm meadow grass. PIC: Adobe

Farming needs greater Government support - Max Anderson

Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer meets shoppers, staff and local residents during a visit to a Co-op store in Ripley, Derbyshire where he was campaigning ahead of the local council elections on May 4. Picture: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Parties wrongly hijacking local elections with national politics: Andrew Vine

Sir Rod Stewart during a visit to the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, Essex. Mr Stewart said he supports the striking NHS staff and wants to pay for more MRI scans across the country to help cut waiting lists but described it as "banging your head against a brick wall". In February, the singer-songwriter appeared at a mobile MRI scanning unit outside his local hospital Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, Essex and paid for a day of scans.

Rod Stewart's decades of as tax exile shouldn't be forgotten: David Behrens

YORK, ENGLAND - MARCH 19: Sir Ed Davey, Leader of the Liberal Democrats delivers his keynote speech during the Liberal Democrat Spring Conference at York Barbican on March 19, 2023 in York, England. The Liberal Democrat Spring Conference takes place over two days and this year will focus on building a critical mass of tactical voting among voters in so-called "blue wall" swing seats in the South of England. (Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)

Sunak urged to tackle dental deserts in Yorkshire

Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey, who visited local cafe Caspar on Newland Avenue, is calling for business energy support to be extended for at least another six months to ensure that businesses do not have to increase their prices or close their doors.

Sir Ed Davey calls for more energy support for Hull businesses

Sir Ed Davey speaks at the Liberal Democrat Conference in 2019

Lib Dems' Ed Davey hopeful of Yorkshire victories ahead of next election

Match Of The Day host Gary Lineker outside his home in London (Photo credit : Lucy North/PA Wire)

Gary Lineker set to return to Match of the Day after BBC apology

Jayne Dowle, pictured by Simon Hulme.

International Women's Day taken over by virtue-signalling men - Jayne Dowle

A hospital ward

Call for major incident to be declared over national NHS

Rural communities, like Muker in The Yorkshire Dales, are running out of patience warns CLA president Mark Tufnell who criticised the government for letting rural communities fail.

Lib Dem leader calls for designated rural minister because of DEFRA "neglect"

Liz Truss can claim up to £115,000 annually in funding as an ex-Prime Minister.

Anger mounts at Liz Truss entitled to £115,000 ex-PM funding

New Wakefield MP Simon Lightwood welcomed to Parliament

Boris Johnson. Picture: Getty.

The intelligent North places its faith in Boris Johnson - Bernard Ingham

Ed Davey wants better support for countryside communities.

Lib Dems demand support for communities hit by rocketing heating oil prices

Pic: Gary Longbottom.

Low carbon agriculture the way forward - Yorkshire Post Letters

Local elections are taking place across Yorkshire on May 5

Local and mayoral elections May 2022: What is at stake in my area of Yorkshire?

Sir Ed Davey MP, the Leader of the Liberal Democrat party, visiting York for a party conference and the National Railway Museum joined by York Council Liberal Democrat Leader Keith Aspden to express their support for York's Great British Rail HQ bid. Picture: James Hardisty

Ed Davey backs York's bid to become Great British Railways headquarters

Sir Ed Davey will be in York this weekend for the Liberal Democrats' spring conference

Lib Dems aiming to repeat North Shropshire success in Yorkshire, says Ed Davey

Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey after giving his keynote address at the Lib Dem annual conference in September 2021 which was held virtually (PA)

Lib Dems call on Chancellor to cut VAT to 17.5% to tackle cost of living crisis

Boris Johnson. Picture: Getty.

Ending free Covid tests is like putting a tax on carers - Ed Davey

What should be done to counter the rise in energy bills? Lib dem leader Sir Ed Davey sets out his views.

Cut energy bills with this ‘Robin Hood’ tax on suppliers – Sir Ed Davey

New restrictions ‘unlikely’ to cancel Christmas despite Omicron surge

PIC: Steve Riding

Rules 'could be tightened after Christmas' as Omicron cases surge

Should a sewage tax be levied to clean up Britain's seas and rivers? Sir Ed Davey makes the case.

Why this sewage tax against water firms is now needed – Sir Ed Davey

Drivers queued for fuel at petrol stations across the country on Friday (Photo: Getty Images)

Temporary visa scheme being considered to tackle HGV driver shortage

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