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
Zahawi sacked: Public inquiry needed into what Sunak knew
Responding to Nadhim Zahawi being sacked for breaking the ministerial code, Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader Daisy Cooper said:
29 Jan 2023
Hunt's speech is cold comfort for families and pensioners
Responding to Jeremy Hunt's speech this morning, Liberal Democrat Treasury Spokesperson Sarah Olney MP said:
27 Jan 2023
£220,000 Johnson bailout fund for "cost-of-lying crisis"
Responding to the news that the Government has now budgeted £222,000 to support Boris Johnson's defence against allegations he misled Parliament, Liberal Democrat Chief Whip Wendy Chamberlain MP said:
26 Jan 2023
HMRC and Zahawi investigation: Sunak must rule out a stitch up
The Liberal Democrats have called on Rishi Sunak to rule out a stitch up in the ethics adviser’s inquiry into Nadhim Zahawi’s tax affairs, by confirming that HMRC will be given permission to assist the investigation.
26 Jan 2023
Conservative MPs vote to cover up the truth about golden visas
Conservative MPs have voted against a Liberal Democrat amendment to the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill in the House of Commons which would have forced the Government to release their review of the so-called Golden Visa scheme.
26 Jan 2023
New sewage target passed in Parliament which allows 15 more years of harmful waste in rivers
This afternoon, Conservative MPs voted through a new statutory instrument (SI) setting new targets to reduce water pollution. Under the Environment Act the government is obliged to bring forward new binding environmental targets.
26 Jan 2023
Sunak holding “Hideaway Day" at Chequers with scandal-hit Cabinet
The Liberal Democrats have accused Rishi Sunak of holding a “hideaway day” with his scandal-hit Cabinet today at Chequers, dodging scrutiny while the country suffers.
26 Jan 2023
Zahawi: Raab must bring in law to stop baseless legal threats
The Liberal Democrats have written to Dominic Raab, calling on him to “urgently” bring in a new law to stop journalists and campaigners being silenced through legal threats.
25 Jan 2023
Wagner Group: Rishi Sunak must order an immediate inquiry
Responding to reports that the UK Government helped Yevgeny Prigozhin, a Putin ally and founder of the Wagner Group, to attempt to ‘subvert sanctions and silence a journalist,' Liberal Democrat Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Layla Moran MP said:
25 Jan 2023