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Sir Ed Davey has revealed the stunts that he didn’t manage to pull off on the General Election campaign trail this year – including sticking his arm in a cow’s rectum.

Force ends investigation into bets on 4 July election date and says bar to prove misconduct in public office has not been met

Almost all of the 650 UK constituencies have now declared their results, and Labour has been overwhelmingly voted to victory. But how many millions of people voted for each party?

The Lib Dem leader said he "rather enjoyed" the election campaign as he was re-elected in his Kingston and Surbiton seat.

Sources report that the Tories struggling in some areas due to a chronic shortage of supporters for canvassing and delivering leaflets.

The Lib Dems, Middleton Independents and by-election runner-up David Tully strongly refuted any suggestion of an alliance with the Workers Party

Sir Ed Davey, the leader of the Liberal Democrats, will visit Science Secretary Michelle Donelan’s Chippenham constituency on Tuesday as he attempts to capitalise on her woes

Pollster Savanta said it was the lowest vote share it had recorded for the Tories since Liz Truss was forced to resign as Prime Minister in 2022 after trashing the economy

Businessman Frank Hester, who gifted the Tories £10million, allegedly said seeing Diane Abbott on TV made him 'want to hate all Black women' and that she should be 'shot'

Britain is gearing up for a general election this year after 14 years of Tory rule. Here are the latest polls and odds on Labour, the Conservatives, Reform UK, Lib Dems and more

Party President Mark Pack admitted the party could be down £550,000 if the PM picks October or November to go to the polls, because of lost revenue from the party's Autumn conference

A new poll found just 19% of voters in Tees Valley planned to vote for incumbent Ben Houchen - one of only two metro mayors the party has - with 45% backing Labour

As well as receiving funding from trade unions, the Labour Party saw an increase in the amount of money received from individuals and companies, who gave over £13million

Keir Starmer demanded Rishi Sunak call a general election now as he accused him of being 'out of touch, out of ideas and nearly out of road' as the Budget flopped

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is in hot water for the second time today as he attacked Liberal Democrats leader Ed Davey for missing a Prime Minister Questions to look after his disabled son

Ashfield MP Lee Anderson has insisted he won't apologise for claiming London Mayor Sadiq Khan is controlled by 'Islamists" as Tory ministers suggest he could be welcomed back

A survey of High Net Worth Individuals by wealth management firm Saltus found they were almost twice as likely to back Keir Starmer over Rishi Sunak at the election

Tory Health Minister Maria Caulfield pocketed thousands of pounds in severance pay despite returning to the same job just seven weeks later - and she has refused to give it back

Maria Caulfield received £7,920 in severance when she was sacked as a Health Minister in September 2022, but kept the money when she returned to her old department weeks later

In a stonking victory Labour overturned an 18,000 majority in Wellingborough on a 28.5% swing - the second biggest from the Tories at a by-election since the Second World War

There are concerns there will be yet more savage cuts to decimated public services - the Office for National Statistics, on Thursday, said the economy shrank by a worse-than-feared 0.3% in the final three months of last year

Rachel Reeves says Rishi Sunak's economic policies are "in tatters" after ONS data showed the UK entered a recession at the end of last year in a hammer blow to the PM

An official document on the 'Network North' scheme outlines plans for rail not only in the North and the Midlands, but also in London and in areas as far south as Devon

The MRP poll that surveyed 18,000 people projects Rishi Sunak will be left with just 80 MPs, which would be the party’s worst result in history and see 18 Cabinet ministers ousted

A whopping 8,614 nurses, 2,752 police officers and 568 firefighters are away from work for long term health reasons, according to data uncovered by the Liberal Democrats