Ed Davey

Food-price inflation is an increasing problem for many people (Picture: Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

Supermarkets making excess profits should face a windfall tax – Stephen Jardine

There is a growing belief in Westminster that Sir Keir Starmer is the next Prime Minister.

Analysis: Labour set to win election, but SNP bargains may need to be struck

The newly elected leader of Plymouth council, Tudor Evans takes a selfie photograph with Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and deputy Labour Party leader Angela Rayner

Keir Starmer refuses to rule out coalition with Lib Dems

Nicola Sturgeon was interviewed by broadcaster Iain Dale at last year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Broadcaster condemns Fringe cancel culture as Humza Yousaf event is confirmed

Liberal Democrat Leader Sir Ed Davey

SNP so scandal ridden they 'look like Tories’, Lib Dem leader claims

Gary Lineker is reportedly set to return to Match Of The Day this coming weekend amid speculation he and the BBC are close to resolving their impartiality row.

BBC chair Richard Sharp faces fresh scrutiny amid Gary Lineker impartiality row

An offshore oil platform at sunset. Picture: Getty Images

Increasing windfall tax won’t suddenly fix prices, academic warns

Shell profits increased by 53% to 84.3 billion dollars (£68.1 billion) in 2022 due to soaring oil prices, the energy giant has announced.

Shell profits increase by 53 per cent in 2022 amid soaring energy prices

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks during a meeting with a multi-disciplinary team who provide virtual care during a visit to the Rutland Lodge Healthcare Centre in Leeds.

Rishi Sunak welcomes ‘transparency’ as extent of MPs outside earnings exposed

Oil giant Shell continued to build on 2022’s record results as it added nearly 10 billion dollars in extra profit to its balance sheet as gas prices remained high.

Shell more than doubles third-quarter profit to £8.2 billion

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

Kwasi Kwarteng arrived at London Heathrow Airport today and reportedly sacked.

Kwasi Kwarteng 'sacked' after mini-budget chaos

Liberal Democrat Leader Sir Ed Davey after his party won in Tiverton and Honiton

Sir Ed Davey says Boris Johnson must go now

Rishi Sunak announced a new support package on Thursday

Analysis: Whatever his rationale, Rishi Sunak wins praise

Shell has revealed record first-quarter profits thanks to soaring oil and gas prices in an update set to further fuel demands for a windfall tax on the sector.

Shell reveals record first quarter profits as calls for windfall tax grow

BP remains one of the world's largest oil producers and a key North Sea player but has been steadily moving into renewables and other green technologies.

Fresh calls for windfall tax as oil giant BP unveils mixed numbers

Sir Keir Starmer. Picture: PA

Keir Starmer denies Labour has secret pact with Liberal Democrats

Downing Street has said it will reveal if Prime Minister Boris Johnson receives a fine

Police issue another 30 fines over partygate scandal in Downing Street

Prime Minister Boris Johnson delivers his keynote speech during the Conservative Party Spring Conference

Fury over Boris Johnson’s comparison of Ukraine’s resistance to Brexit

Ed Davey leader of the Liberal Democrats proposed an Oligarch tax to stop 'Putin's cronies' and help tackle the cost of living crisis. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Leader of Lib Dems proposes Oligarch tax

Boris Johnson eyes up a display of cakes and desserts on a trip to Truro (Picture: Justin Tallis/WPA pool/Getty Images)

Here's a question for the Partygate lynch mob to ask themselves – Tom Wood

The Sue Gray report was published on Monday

Sue Gray report finds 'failures of leadership' in Downing Street

Trust has been lost, it will not be won back - Scotsman comment

Sir Ed Davy accused the Met of undermining public trust

Ed Davey accuses Met of 'undermining public trust'

Angela Rayner claimed the police investigation into the Downing Street parties was a “damning reflection of our nation’s very highest office”.

Angela Rayner says police investigation a 'damning reflection’ of high office

Boris Johnson is facing increased pressure to resign from opposition MPs, amid new reports of Downing Street parties held the night before Prince Philip's funeral in April.(Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire)

Pressure mounts on Johnson amid new claims of Downing Street parties

Sir Ed Davey speaks at a Liberal Democrat Conference. Picture: Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images

Households set to pay £100m more for energy over festive period: Lib Dems

Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross faces an investigation by the parliamentary standards watchdog

Standards Watchdog confirms investigation into Douglas Ross

Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey said he has done more for the environment than the Scottish Greens.

'I've done more for the environment than Scottish Greens ever have', says Davey

Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey.

Davey demands double electricity discount for the poorest people

There are demands to double and payment and extend it to 22,000 pensioners in Scotland

Demands to double electricity discount for the poorest people

Here's when the UK last experienced a major fuel crisis - and what caused the fuel shortages of autumn 2000 (Image credit: Ben Stansall/AFP via Getty Images)

When was the last fuel shortage in the UK and what happened?

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

Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey claimed Boris Johnson could be out after the next election

Lib Dems can ‘get Boris Johnson out of government’ in next election

New Scottish Liberal Democrats leader Alex Cole-Hamilton. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Alex Cole-Hamilton named new Scottish Liberal Democrats leader

Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Chancellor Rishi Sunak will self-isolate after coming into contact with Health Secretary Sajid Javid, who tested positive for coronavirus on Satruday. Photo: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire

We need leaders who lead by example - Scotsman comment

Matt Hancock has resigned from his role as Health Secretary (Photo: PA)

Matt Hancock resigns as Health Secretary after being caught kissing close aide

Health Secretary Matt Hancock, looks at the phone of his aide Gina Coladangelo as they leave the BBC in central London on June 6, 2021.

Pressure mounts on Hancock’s position after alleged affair with top aide

Sir Ed Davey will be toasting a historic win today as the Lib Dems won in Chesham and Amersham.

Analysis: Blue wall starts to crack as Liberal Democrats beat the odds

Lib Dems: Conservative suffer huge defeat in Chesham and Amersham by-election as Lib Dems steal victory

Conservative suffer huge defeat in Chesham and Amersham by-election

Roy Jenkins, second right, with colleagues from the Social Democratic Party after his win in the Glasgow Hillhead by-election in 1982. Picture: Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty

40 years on from SDP-Liberal alliance, could new electoral pact be on the cards?

(From left) Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer, Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey. Picture: PA Wire

Sir Ed Davey 'deeply alarmed' at Tory attacks on Electoral Commission

Liberal Democrats leader Sir Ed Davey. Picture: JPIMedia

Boris Johnson is 'mired in scandal', Lib Dem leader claims

Paddy Ashdown (right) and Lord Holme congratulating Shirley Williams on her speech at the Liberal Democrats Conference in Brighton.

Shirley Williams dies aged 90

The Liberal Democrat leader claimed Tories would be in for a “shock” when an inquiry begins into the handling of the pandemic.

Ed Davey says inquiry will show Boris Johnson’s ‘appalling’ pandemic handling

PM says he has full confidence in Scotland Yard chief Dick (Photo by Gareth Fuller - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Boris Johnson says he has full confidence in Met Police Commissioner Cressida Di...

Sir Ed Davey has called for Scottish Nationalists and the Tories to stop its “never-ending constitutional war”.

Sir Ed Davey calls for Nationalists and Tories to end ‘constitutional war’

Protesters take part in the March to Remain in the EU for Peace and Climate Action in Edinburgh in 2019 (Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire)

Scotland only has one way to rejoin the EU – Angus Robertson

Ed Davey has said the Liberal Democrats are not the "rejoin the EU" party.

'We're not the rejoin EU party' says Ed Davey

Rishi Sunak today delivered his one-year Spending Review in the House of Commons

UK Government accused of 'threatening Scotland's recovery'

Liberal Democrats Sir Ed Davey claimed the SNP and Tories were "as bad as each other"

Lib Dem leader claims the Conservatives and SNP are ‘as bad as each other’

Patrick Harvie of the Scottish Greens at the launch of the party's independence campaign on the day the UK left the EU (Picture: John Devlin)

Are Greens more about independence than climate change now? – Christine Jardine

Is Boris Johnson truly committed to the unionist cause? (Picture: Stefan Rousseau/WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Scottish independence: Here’s what voters need from both sides –Scotsman comment

Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey in St Albans city centre in Hertfordshire where he met shop owners and vendors. Picture: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Scottish elections 'threaten to tear apart' the UK, Ed Davey claims

Kirsten Oswald with Nicola Sturgeon

‘It’s not for Westminster to decide on indyref2’

Urgent inquiry needed into Scottish Government’s handling of Covid - Ed Davey

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UK Government accused of 'sabotage' over Scotland's deposit return scheme

Where does Scotland's deposit return scheme go from here?

The derelict Ayr Station Hotel had been served with a dangerous buildings notice because of its poor condition. Picture: N Hackett

Fire breaks out at former Scottish rail station hotel

Kinloch Castle, the Grade A Listed Building on the Isle of Rum, which the Scottish Government has been unable to sell and lies in a state of slow decay. PIC: NatureScot.

Castle at the heart of island's future as millionaire speaks out on failed sale