The Lib Dems have pledged to fund a £9.4 billion package for the NHS and social care in England by increasing taxes for banks and closing loopholes used by the super-rich.
Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey has drawn attention for stunts on the campaign trail Senior political reporter Craig Munro spoke to four top party leaders for Metro’s 60 Seconds interviews ahead of the General Election on July 4. You can find our interviews with Keir Starmer of Labour, Rishi Sunak of the Conservatives and Carla Denyer of the Green Party at these links. Nigel Farage of Reform UK declined to take part. Here is our interview with Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey.
Did you manage to get any work done on that while you were in government? You were part of the coalition government for five years . My focus was mainly on energy and climate change, so I wasn’t involved in care specifically. I did do a bit of work on employment law and care. But the people who did most of the work from the Liberal Democrats and these huge amounts were two people, Paul Burstow and Norman Lamb, and they were the driving force behind the Care Act of 2014.
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