Davey is being asked by ITV news about his plans for the EU.

"We've made clear time and again that we're a pro-European party," the Lib Dems leader says, adding that his party has been really clear and they will not pretend it'll be easy.

Davey says that in the long-term, the UK needs to be back "at the heart of Europe".

"It's going to take time," he explains, adding that "regrettably" the Conservative have done "such damage" and "poisoned Britain's relationship with our nearest neighbours".

Davey says once relationships are rebuilt, the UK would get "much better trade deal from the dreadful trade deal that Boris Johnson got".

After finishing his speech and pausing for a standing ovation from supporters behind him, Davey is taking some questions from the media in the room.

First up is the BBC's Vicki Young who asks what serious impact Liberal Democrats can have on Westminster after the election.

"Politicians should not take themselves too seriously, but we should take the interests of the British people seriously," Davey says, adding he believes the manifesto delivers that.

"My experience in parliament is if you get lots of Liberal Democrat MPs you can make a huge difference."

Davey rounds off his answer saying he believes Lib Dems will get the real change the UK "desperately needs".

Davey talks about other pledges he's proud of, including neighbourhood policing and fixing what he describes as the UK's broken relationship with Europe

"All these and more are crucial... they are what every Liberal Democrat MP elected on 4 July will be fighting for in the next parliament", he says.

He goes on to talk about one part of the manifesto he regards as "absolutely critical" - wanting to replace the 'first past the post' electoral system and replacing it fairer votes through proportional representation.

The Lib Dems leader now moves on to the importance his party will put on bereavement support for people whose parents have died.

Thinking back to how his mother felt after his father died, Davey recalls how important bereavement support can be.

"In this manifesto, we commit to reversing those cuts," the Lib Dems leader adds, saying his party will restore payments to parents who were in a similar position to his own mother when he was a child.

Davey recalls that bereavement support was the "first thing" he asked then-prime minister Boris Johnson at PMQs as soon as he became leader.

Davey pitches Lib Dems as avowedly anti-Conservativepublished at 11:24 British Summer Time 10 June

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Henry Zeffman
Chief political correspondent

Note that this speech has been flecked with attacks on the Conservative Party.

In one sense, that’s inevitable in an election taking place after 14 years of Conservative governments (albeit five of them in coalition with the Lib Dems, with Davey a government minister throughout).

But it also underscores a strategic shift from the party over recent years. Previously the Lib Dems had a policy of equidistance - trying to carve out a third path from the main two parties while attacking both.

In this election, the Lib Dems are avowedly an anti-Conservative party. They are focused on constituencies where they believe the Conservatives can be defeated but there is little tradition of voting Labour, especially in the home counties of England.

Not long ago there were lots of Lib Dem-Labour marginals. That’s not the case anymore. So the Lib Dems are just not targeting the Labour Party with their attacks.

Davey says he wants to "transform cancer care and boost survival rates to the best in the world".

He adds that his party wants to get "people off waiting lists and into work" explaining it will improve healthcare and the economy.

"When you look at the state of the NHS this might all seem a long way off," Davey says.

He pauses for applause after saying each Lib Dem candidate will fight every day for the NHS and social care.

Davey says his party has an "equally bold plan" for care and wants to ensure everyone gets support they need - those who need care, care-workers and family members who provide the care support.

He adds that his party wants to introduce free personal care - on the same principles that underpin the NHS where care is provided based on need rather than ability to pay.

Further, he says, the Lib Dems want to fill vacancies in social care and introduce a new higher minimum wage especially for care-workers.

Davey now turns to issues in the NHS - including waiting lists, long waits in A&E and dentist appointments.

He says the Lib Dems are putting forward a bold and fully-costed plan, which will give everyone the right to see a GP within seven days or within 24 hours for emergencies, making sure people can get care locally. Lib Dems are also making a cast-iron pledge that cancer patients can start treatment within two months.

He added that his party will put mental health on an equal-footing with physical health.

Henry Zeffman
Chief political correspondent

A quick few quips about his campaigning activities out the way, Ed Davey launches straight into a powerful section about his personal experiences of care, which he has made central to his campaign.

Voice occasionally quivering with emotion, Davey says he has received “humbling messages from people across the political spectrum and outside of politics altogether” about his campaign’s focus on carers. They are telling him “how refreshing it is after so long of being forgotten and ignored by people in power.”

Davey adds: “Caring has been in the shadows for far too long and I’m proud that as a party we have brought it into the light.”

Partly this is about introducing Davey the person to the general electorate. But it is also about policy. Davey says that “the major cause” of the “crisis” in the health service is “the crisis in social care”.

This, he says, is a result of “years of Conservative chaos and neglect”.

But the manifesto he is unveiling, Davey says, “is a manifesto to save the NHS”.

We're now hearing more from Sir Ed Davey, who says people's messages as he shared his caring story of his family have meant so much to him.

Davey says caring has been in the shadows for far too long, adding that he is proud to have put health and care at the heart of the Lib Dems' campaign in this general election.

Like many people, he says, his caring story began when he was nine years old caring for his mother who had cancer - after his father had already died.

"Giving her morphine for the pain," he adds, as he sat on her bed for hours.

"I was 15 when it [the disease] finally took her," he adds.

"I never called myself a young carer," Davey says, he was "just looking after my mum".

Sir Ed Davey strides onto the stage to applause, embraces Munira Wilson and thanks her for the introduction.

The Lib Dem leader thanks those for helping him come up with and unveil a "114-page document" which he says has been "carefully costed".

"It has been quite something to be told by my team I have become a bit of a meme on social media," Davey jokes as he acknowledges his adventurous start to the campaign.

Davey adds he has been "truly overwhelmed" by messages from those who have heard about his caring stories.

Liberal Democrats' leader Sir Ed Davey is now up and has started giving his speech ahead of his party's manifesto announcement.

We'll be bringing you the latest lines as soon as we have it, and you can watch it live by pressing the 'Play' button at the top of our page.

Henry Zeffman
Chief political correspondent

Fifteen minutes or so before Sir Ed Davey launches the Liberal Democrats' manifesto and I’m sorry to report as yet there is no sign of one of his trademark visual stunts.

Over his four years as party leader – and in particular during this general election campaign – Davey has become well-known for using elaborate props to make his points.

Only in the past fortnight or so, he’s fallen off a paddleboard, answered questions while playing tennis, and drummed the beat of We Will Rock You on an inflatable exercise ball.

Along the way, though, Davey has used the attention to try to thrust the issue of social care towards the centre of the election debate.

Expect him to do so again during this morning’s event.

We are just about to hear the Liberal Democrats unveil their general election manifesto so let's cover some basics.

Manifestos form a huge part of election campaigns in the UK and they are something all political parties have.

Let's have a look at what it means in crystal clear terms.

Manifestos are little booklets or online documents from each political party which contain a list of things they promise to do if they are the next government.

They tell us what the political party stands for and it is a really useful document to check back on what a government said it would do.

But, sometimes the manifesto pledges turn into problems when they have to be delivered.

In 2012 the Lib Dems had to apologise for breaking their party's 2010 election manifesto promise to oppose increasing student tuition fees of up to £9,000 - nearly three times the previous £3,200 limit.

The party's leader at the time, Nick Clegg, said he felt it was the right move in the circumstances and the package offered by the Conservative coalition government.

We have had a busy Monday morning as general election campaigning continues across the country.

From 11:00 our attention will be turning to the Liberal Democrats as leader Sir Ed Davey will unveil his party's manifesto.

Stay with us as we will bring you details of what he says as well as analysis from our team of correspondents who will dig into the detail of the pledges and work out what it all means for you.

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Harry Farley
Reporting on the Conservative campaign

More from the interview with the prime minister who is asked about his decision to leave the D-Day ceremony early to which Rishi Sunak says he “absolutely didn't mean to cause anyone upset”.

“I just hope people can find it in their hearts to forgive me,” he says, pointing to his record of increasing defence spending and appointing a cabinet minister to focus on military veterans.

“I’m not really interested in Reform, quite frankly, I'm interested in delivering for the British people with the agenda that I'm setting out.”

He adds: “People who are thinking of voting for Reform, the questions they should ask themselves is, if you care about tackling migration and bringing it down, if you want a more proportionate approach to net zero, if you want your taxes cut, if you want your pension protected, those are all things that I'm going to offer and the Conservatives will do.

“Keir Starmer doesn't believe in any of those things. And ultimately, I don't think people are thinking about voting Reform want to see Keir Starmer in power."

Image source, Reuters

Harry Farley
Reporting on the Conservative campaign

We've just heard from Rishi Sunak who has said Nigel Farage’s comments about him not understanding British culture are “not good for our politics or indeed our country”.

The Reform UK leader said on Friday the prime minister’s decision to leave the D-Day commemorations early showed he was not "patriotic" and did not understand "our culture".

Labour’s shadow justice secretary Shabana Mahmood on Sunday called it a "dog whistle".

Asked about the remarks on a campaign visit in West Sussex, Sunak replied: “I'm not going to get involved in that because I don't think it's good for our politics, or indeed, our country.”

He said he “can’t speak for him [Mr Farage] and what he meant by those comments.”

Image source, Reuters

Nick Robinson
Presenter, Radio 4 Today

In the Panorama Interviews, I will have just under half an hour to ask the prime minister and his opponents on the days to come, the questions which I hope are the ones you would want to ask, given the chance.

We won’t, of course, be able to cover everything and you may irritated by what’s left unasked or unsaid.

But, I guarantee the politicians won’t know the questions before I ask them, and what you see will be everything that was said. In a studio over half an hour with no autocue or mobile phone or notes from advisers, there will be no hiding place.

That’s one reason I admire Rishi Sunak, Sir Keir Starmer, Sir Ed Davey, John Swinney, Nigel Farage, Adrian Ramsay and Rhun ap Iorwerth for agreeing to take part – and they have, even though we haven’t yet got dates for all of them.

There are plenty of leaders in plenty of countries who wouldn’t take the risk of saying the wrong thing in the wrong way at a time when a slip can cost votes and, ultimately, the chance of power. I don’t just mean leaders like Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping who run Russia and China, who don’t have to worry what voters think as their countries aren’t democracies.

I also mean leaders like Boris Johnson who refused to face interviewer Andrew Neil at the last general election.

Watch The Panorama Interviews with me, Nick Robinson, starting on Monday 10 June at 8pm on BBC One and iPlayer.

What Ross's resignation means for Sunak and the wider Tory campaignpublished at 10:08 British Summer Time 10 June

10:08 BST 10 June

David Wallace Lockhart
Political correspondent

When a party leader announces their resignation in the middle of an election campaign, you know something has gone very wrong.

For Douglas Ross, it was replacing the hospitalised David Duguid as his party’s candidate in Aberdeenshire North and Moray West at the general election.

Some were uneasy about the optics of the party leader swooping in when a colleague was ill.

But, what had gone down really badly with Conservative MSPs at Holyrood was the plan to continue to try and carry on as both an MP and an MSP - Ross previously promised he wouldn’t do that.

One of his Scottish Tory colleagues told me last week it had been received like a bucket of cold sick. The pressure piled up on Ross.

This may well have been intensified by a newspaper story about his expenses at the weekend and this will impact on the UK-wide campaign too.

Rishi Sunak will not have factored in his Scottish leader calling it a day in the run-up to polling.

If Ross is re-elected to Westminster he’ll leave Holyrood. Some of his colleagues felt that’s where his heart has really always been.

Douglas Ross has released a statement announcing his intention to stand down as the Scottish Conservatives' leader - admitting it would not be "feasible" to be an MP, MSP and leader.

"My party has a chance to beat the SNP in key seats up and down Scotland, including in Aberdeenshire North and Moray East.

"We must now come together and fully focus on doing exactly that."

Ross also confirms that should he be re-elected in July, then he will also stand down as an MSP "to make way for another Scottish Conservative representative in Holyrood".

The candidates standing for Aberdeenshire North and Moray East, external are:

• Ian Bailey (Liberal Democrats)
• Andrew Brown (Labour)
• Jo Hart (Reform UK)
• Seamus Logan (SNP)
• Douglas Ross (Conservative)