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
Over 100,000 burglary cases from last year dropped by police
The Liberal Democrats have accused the Conservatives of having “lost control” on crime, after uncovering new figures showing over 100,000 burglaries went unsolved last year.
10 Apr 2023
Ambulance delays leave one in three to make their own way to hospital
A poll commissioned by the Liberal Democrats has revealed the shocking number of people who were forced to make their own way to hospital as a result of long ambulance waiting times.
10 Apr 2023
Sunak must strip Scott Benton of the Conservative Whip
Responding to reports from the Times that Scott Benton MP offered to table questions, leak a confidential policy document and lobby ministers on behalf of gambling investors, Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader Daisy Cooper said:
5 Apr 2023
Sewage dumped on Blue Flag beaches 1,500 times last year
New analysis of the latest Environment Agency data by the Liberal Democrats has revealed that water companies in England have dumped sewage onto England’s Blue Flag beaches 1,504 times last year, lasting an astonishing 8,497 hours last year.
4 Apr 2023
Social care funding halved: Elderly and disabled people will be the victims
Responding to reports that the social care reform budget has been halved, Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey said:
4 Apr 2023
Braverman pushes botched Rwanda scheme while queues pile up in Dover
Responding to Suella Braverman discussing her Rwanda plans and the border queues in Dover, Liberal Democrat Home Affairs Spokesperson Alistair Carmichael MP said:
3 Apr 2023
Water company fines: Pointless whilst it remains legal to dump sewage into swimming waters
Responding to the Government re-announcing they will change the fine structure on water companies, Liberal Democrat Environment spokesperson Tim Farron said:
3 Apr 2023
Ed Davey visits farm and says rural vote 'critical' in local elections
Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey has declared that the rural vote will be ‘critical’ at the local elections taking place in just five weeks across England.
3 Apr 2023
Sunak’s sick joke: Families facing £24bn energy and tax bill bombshell
Today’s freezing of tax thresholds will cost taxpayers £12bn hit in 2023-24, with an average hit of £440 per person, figures published by the Liberal Democrats have revealed.
3 Apr 2023