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Many GOP candidates still echo Trump's 2020 claims. Lots of voters want to move on
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Ed Davey rejects claims party is ‘sleepwalking into irrelevance’ under his leadership – UK politics live
Lib Dem leader says he is proud of party’s record at Brighton conference Ed Davey has also claimed that Liberal Democrats are now a tax-cutting party. Asked on the Today programme if that was an accurate way to describe the party, Davey replied: Yes. Yesterday I talked about the need to have a temporary tax cut in fuel duty because people are paying a huge amount of the pumps, and we showed how we could pay for it. I’m showing through our growth strategy how we can pay for more tax cuts. I’m excited by the prospect of more Liberal Democrat MPs and building on the success we’ve had in recent years. I think there’s a moral responsibility to stop the far right. I really take that very seriously. It wears heavily on my shoulders. We have to win to stop Mr Farage and stop Kemi Badenoch giving him the keys [to Downing Street]. And that’s why I think there’s a real chance we could end up with m
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Lib Dems demand action over increase in child birth injuries
Sir Ed Davey pledged to spend £600m a year on maternity services if the Lib Dems were in government.
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Specialist courts for rape cases to be rolled out in England and Wales
Funding will allow victims to view proceedings remotely and give evidence from a separate room via video link, the government says.
The Guardian
What do you think of the MPs’ inquiry into UK Eurovision song contest failure? I give it nul points | Laura Snapes
There are obvious reasons why the UK flops and flops again, but that isn’t the point. This annual debacle is now part of our national identity Given that Britain’s politics are quite a sizeable reason that we do so badly in Eurovision: here’s something that will definitely, absolutely, categorically help us do better in the competition … interference from MPs. Digital, culture, media and sport committee chair Caroline Dinenage has announced that MPs will scrutinise the UK’s reliable failure in the competition to see where we’re going wrong, with a hearing to be held over the coming months. The answers surely don’t take that long to work out. Continue reading...
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Lib Dems propose big tech levy to fund £250m online crime agency
Proposal one of many at conference responding to concern voters unaware of party’s policies or what it stands for The Liberal Democrats say they will tax big tech to finance a new online crime agency, as they try to address concerns that not enough voters know what the party stands for. The plan, to be announced at the party conference on Monday by the Lib Dems’ home affairs spokesperson, Max Wilkinson, would create a new Online Crime Agency focused on offences including child sexual abuse material, trafficking in drugs and weapons, and deepfake AI-generated pornographic images. Continue reading...
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President Trump navigates tough political waters with UNGA, Xi visit and AI
President Trump has a big week on the international stage, from the United Nations General Assembly to hosting the Chinese president at the White House.