Former Post Office worker to challenge Lib Dem leader at general election
Saturday, 13 January 2024 A woman who spent more than three decades working for the Post Office is planning to stand against Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey - a former postal affairs minister - at the next general election.
Former Post Office minister Sir Ed Davey speaks on the Post Office inquiry, after the scandal was publicised from a TV drama. The Liberal Democrats leader says the Post Office “lied to the British public” and his “thoughts go out to those people who have been so badly hit by that”. Report by...
Sir Keir Starmer has teased Sir Ed Davey, as the Liberal Democrat leader vies for a Christmas No1 spot with his charity single, Love Is Enough, sung with the Bath Philharmonia's Young Carers' Choir. The prime minister said, "my family was surprised to see the honorable gentleman shamelessly plugging his song" on the steps of No 10 Downing Street. Starmer jokingly added, "we have strict rules against anti-social behaviour". Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
After spending the summer trying to get to No 10, Sir Ed Davey is now vying for a Christmas No 1. The Liberal Democrat leader has released a charity single with the Bath Philharmonia's Young Carers' Choir, called Love Is Enough. He says the song has "wonderful lyrics" and will raise money for young carers' charities. Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey visited a Christmas tree farm in Tewkesbury to highlight the work of young carers. He joined carers from Gloucestershire to load Christmas trees and discussed their charity single, Love Is Enough, created to raise awareness and funds. Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Responding to Sir Keir Starmer’s speech setting out the government’s ‘plan’, Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey says the prime minster was "moving the goalposts" and calls the lack of GPs "a big part of the problem”. Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Liberal Democrats leader, Sir Ed Davey visited high-street businesses calling for a Government U-turn on the rise of the bus fare cap. The £2 cap on single fares that applies on most routes outside London will be replaced by a new £3 cap until the end of 2025, Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced in the Budget. Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
"The evil the Post Office did was profound", a lawyer has told the Horizon IT scandal inquiry while describing a "deliberate conspiracy" and "cover up". Sky News
The Liberal Democrats have called for Ofwat to be scrapped and for a new powerful regulator to be created in its place. Report by Etemadil. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Reform UK leader Richard Tice says his party will be ready for a general election and urged Labour to stand aside, as he claims he did for the Conservatives in 2019. Report by Alibhaiz. Like us on..
Attorney General Ken Paxton was prevented from prosecuting 900 cases of election fraud his office was working on. “The whole idea that there is no voter fraud is a complete fabrication.”
In his first in-depth interview about his time as Post Office minister, Sir Ed Davey refuses to apologise for his part in the Horizon scandal. When asked more than 10 times by ITV News reporter Paul..
UK police have opened a fraud investigation into the British Post Office over a miscarriage of justice that saw hundreds of postmasters wrongfully accused of... IndiaTimes
PM Rishi Sunak has promised that Post Office convictions would be quashed by Parliament within weeks, and said the government aims to complete compensation... IndiaTimes
This is the first in a three-part series examining how the law allowed the Post office scandal to happen and the role now being played by the law... Mondaq Also reported by •IndiaTimes
Saturday, 13 January 2024
![Starmer teases Davey over Xmas No1 bid [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20241218/1396497922-Starmer-teases-Davey-over-Xmas-No1-bid.jpg)
![Ed Davey vies for Xmas No1 with charity single [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20241218/1396474588-Ed-Davey-vies-for-Xmas-No1-with-charity.jpg)
![Davey visits Tewkesbury to support young carers [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20241213/1396056130-Davey-visits-Tewkesbury-to-support-young-carers.jpg)
![Lib Dems leader accuses PM of ‘moving the goalposts’ [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20241205/1395301354-Lib-Dems-leader-accuses-PM-of-moving-the.jpg)
![Ed Davey visits shops in call to stop bus fare cap hike [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20241115/1393493502-Ed-Davey-visits-shops-in-call-to-stop.jpg)
![Lib Dems call for Ofwat to be scrapped [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20241219/1396567986-Lib-Dems-call-for-Ofwat-to-be-scrapped.jpg)
![Reform UK will be ready for general election, Tice says [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20240130/1364433282-Reform-UK-will-be-ready-for-general-election.jpg)
![Attorney General Ken Paxton was prevented from prosecuting 900 cases of election fraud [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20240121/1705871769-Attorney-General-Ken-Paxton-was-prevented-from-prosecuting.jpg)
![Davey refuses to apologise for role in Post Office scandal [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20240112/1363571418-Davey-refuses-to-apologise-for-role-in-Post.jpg)
