Davey declines to rule out Lib-Lab coalition

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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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, the Lib Dem leader 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.

"I've been deeply disappointed by the Labour government. I think they've failed so many people - pensioners, disabled people, small businesses, large businesses, the farmers.