Davey declines to rule out coalition to beat Reform

SIR Ed Davey has declined to say whether he would join a coalition with Labour after the next election if it meant preventing a Reform UK government.

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Sir Ed Davey

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The party leader has said during the Liberal Democrat conference in Bournemouth that he believes there is a moral duty to keep Nigel Farage's party out of government.

But asked repeatedly by the BBC whether this meant he would consider entering into a coalition with Sir Keir Starmer's party, Sir Ed did not give a clear answer.

He told the BBC's Today programme: "My moral responsibility as the leader of a party that has particular values is to speak up for those values and champion those values. And at the moment, we're the only party championing those values.