Daisy Cooper: “The government is asleep at the wheel.”

The government needs to do much more to bring down energy bills and get our sluggish economy growing again.

We Liberal Democrats are the last line of defence against a Reform UK government, and Ed is determined to lead a strong and united party into the next general election whenever it comes.

Even if Farage does manage to face down Count Binface in this pointless by-election, he won’t be able to wriggle out of the formal investigations or the prospect of a second by-election.

Healey now needs to urgently tackle unemployment, by scrapping Rachel Reeves' unfair jobs tax that is stifling businesses and slamming the door shut on job opportunities.