Candidates for Jo Swinson’s Lib Dems could stand aside in several seats

The Liberal Democrats, the Green Party and Plaid Cymru are set to announce plans for a “remain pact” in up to 60 seats in a bid to deny Boris Johnson a Conservative majority.

Jo Swinson’s party is also expected to strike a pact with Anna Soubry, the pro-remain former Tory MP who leads the Independent Group for Change, to give her a free run in her Broxtowe seat.

An announcement is expected as early as Tuesday and follows the disclosure that the Lib Dems would stand aside to help former Tory MP Dominic Grieve save his Beaconsfield seat.

Yesterday it emerged that Nick Stuart, the Lib Dem candidate on the Isle of Wight, was standing down as part of an electoral alliance with the Green