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
ONS pay squeeze: A winter of discontent could have been avoided
Responding to this morning's latest ONS earnings and unemployment figures, Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Sarah Olney said:
15 Dec 2022
Lib Dems submit motion to dock Health Secretary’s pay
The Liberal Democrats are to submit a censure motion in Parliament to remove the Ministerial salary of the Secretary of State for Health amid chaos in the country’s health services.
12 Dec 2022
Voter ID: Peers urged to back ‘Fatal Motion’ and protect right to vote
The Liberal Democrats have urged peers to back the party’s fatal motion in the House of Lords tomorrow (Tuesday 13 December), to kill off the government's divisive voter ID plans.
12 Dec 2022
GDP: Economy is on its knees after months of chaos and botched budgets
Responding to this morning's GDP figures, Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Sarah Olney said:
12 Dec 2022
Lib Dems have tabled a 'fatal motion' in the Lords to kill off the government's voter ID plans
Liberal Democrats will be calling a vote which would halt in its tracks Voter ID laws from progressing through Parliament.
11 Dec 2022
Number of patients per qualified GP rises to 2,300
There are now 2,300 patients for every fully qualified GP, up from 2,100 four years ago, damning new ONS figures have revealed.
9 Dec 2022
Banking reforms: Tone-deaf that this government is hiking taxes for hard-working families whilst cutting them for banks
Responding to the Chancellor announcing new reforms to Britain's banking sector, Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Sarah Olney said:
9 Dec 2022
Lib Dems call on Barclay to convene a ‘Strep A Summit’ now
The Liberal Democrats have called on the Health Secretary Stephen Barclay MP to convene a ‘Strep A Summit’ immediately. Since the outbreak of Strep A in the UK, 15 children have tragically died.
9 Dec 2022
NHS stats: Every day we hear horror stories of patients dying
Responding to new NHS stats which have shown a record amount of people waiting for hospital treatment and A&E waiting times at a record high in England, Liberal Democrat Health Spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP said:
8 Dec 2022