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 more MPs than the Conservatives after next election. Continue reading...