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
Ed Davey warns inheritance tax change could create ‘lost generation’ of farmers
Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey has raised concerns over the Autumn Budget creating a ‘lost generation’ of farmers with a double hammer blow to rural communities. It comes as he visits an agricultural college in Maidenhead today.
2 Nov 2024
GP and care home tax hike: Govt must not make same mistakes as Conservatives
Commenting on reports that GPs and care homes have voiced concerns about the rise in employer National Insurance Contributions announced in the budget, Liberal Democrat Health and Social Care Spokesperson Helen Morgan MP said:
2 Nov 2024
Govt makes new commitment to create a 'national cancer plan' at Lib Dem led debate
Care Minister Stephen Kinnock has today made a new commitment to a “national cancer plan” during a Westminster Hall debate led by Clive Jones, Liberal Democrat MP for Wokingham.
2 Nov 2024
Budget: online gambling tax “a missed opportunity” for fairer NHS and care funding
Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey is calling on the Government to double the tax on online gambling firms as a “much fairer” way to raise money for the NHS and social care.
2 Nov 2024
Ed Davey: Exempt social care from National Insurance tax hike
Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey has called on the government to exempt social care from the employer's National Insurance tax rise.
2 Nov 2024
Ed Davey: Social care is “elephant in the NHS waiting room”
Responding to the Autumn Budget, Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey said:
2 Nov 2024
Budget: Family farm tax will hit rural communities
Responding to the Government's changes to Agricultural Property Relief, Liberal Democrat Environment Spokesperson Tim Farron MP said:
2 Nov 2024
Chancellor must deliver a Budget to save the NHS and social care
Ahead of the announcement of the Budget today (Wednesday 30th October), Liberal DemocratTreasury spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP said:
29 Oct 2024
Social Care Crisis: We need cross party talks now
Responding to Wes Streeting's comments on the morning round about the social care crisis, Liberal Democrat Health and Social Care Spokesperson Helen Morgan MP said:
29 Oct 2024