Sir Ed Davey insisted his party could outperform opinion polls at the general election and make further inroads into former Tory heartlands.The Liberal Democrat leader has seen his party's national ratings hovering around the 9% mark, slipping behind Reform UK into fourth place in recent surveys.

Sir Ed Davey insisted his party could outperform opinion polls at the general election and make further inroads into former Tory heartlands.The Liberal Democrat leader has seen his party's national ratings hovering around the 9% mark, slipping behind Reform UK into fourth place in recent surveys.