Davey: Adult Social Care Commission must be completed within one year
Responding to the Health and Social Care Committee’s evidence session on Adult Social Care Reform with Sir Andrew Dilnot CBE, Liberal DemocratLeader Ed Davey said:
8 Jan 2025
Press Releases
Press releases from the Lib Dem media team
Children's Wellbeing Bill: Conservatives using victims as "political football"
Commenting on the Conservative amendment to the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill, Liberal Democrat Education Spokesperson Munira Wilson MP said:
8 Jan 2025
Cooper: Badenoch should sack Jenrick as shadow justice secretary for "shameless" comments
Responding to Robert Jenrick defending his comments on "people from alien cultures" on the Today Programme, Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader Daisy Cooper MP said:
8 Jan 2025
Revealed: Over 3,000 “monster sewage dumps” last year
There were over 3,000 “monster” sewage dumps into Britain’s rivers and coastlines last year, up 63% on the previous year, new analysis by the Liberal Democrats has revealed.
14 Apr 2023
Doctor’s strike: Dock Health Minister’s pay for failure to settle strikes
The Liberal Democrats have called on Secretary of State for Health Steve Barclay and all other Health Ministers to have their pay docked for their failure to negotiate with striking junior doctors.
14 Apr 2023
Patients in rural areas wait 50% longer for ambulances
New figures uncovered by the Liberal Democrats have revealed a stark rural and urban divide over dangerous ambulance delays, with heart attack victims in some areas waiting over one hour and forty minutes.
14 Apr 2023
IMF forecast: Another damning indictment
Responding to the latest IMF forecast predicting the UK economy's performance in 2023 will be the worst of the G20, Liberal Democrat Treasury Spokesperson Sarah Olney MP said:
14 Apr 2023
Stealth tax squeeze: Typical earnings fell by over £1,450 last year
A typical take home salary fell by over £1,450 once adjusted for inflation and tax rises, new House of Commons Library research commissioned by the Liberal Democrats has revealed.
11 Apr 2023
IMF forecast: Another damning indictment
Responding to the latest IMF forecast predicting the UK economy's performance in 2023 will be the worst of the G20, Liberal Democrat Treasury Spokesperson Sarah Olney MP said:
11 Apr 2023
Junior doctors' strikes: Recall Parliament over crisis facing NHS
The Liberal Democrats have called for Parliament to be recalled over the junior doctors' strike and crisis facing the NHS.
11 Apr 2023
Almost 4 million calls to NHS 111 abandoned day last year
Lib Dem Leader Ed Davey calls for recruitment drive of NHS 111 call handlers on visit to Surrey in South East, the region with worst delays
11 Apr 2023
“Scandalous” 21,000 sewage discharges in swimming water areas last year
New analysis from the Liberal Democrats has revealed that there were 21,000 sewage discharges across the country in bathing water status areas last year.
10 Apr 2023