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
Press Releases
Press releases from the Lib Dem media team
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 Daisy Cooper MP said:
29 Oct 2024
Lib Dems: Labour's bus tax will hit communities
Responding to Keir Starmer’s Q&A in which he announced the £2 bus fare cap will be increasing to £3, Liberal Democrat Environment Spokesperson Tim Farron MP said:
29 Oct 2024
ONS earning stats show pay squeeze continues
Responding to the latest earning figures from the ONS which shows regular pay fell by 2.9% in real terms in June to August 2022, Liberal Democrat Treasury Spokesperson Sarah Olney MP said:
11 Oct 2022
Chancellor set to spook the markets on Halloween
Responding to the news that Kwasi Kwarteng's fiscal plan is being brought forward to Halloween, Liberal Democrat Treasury Spoksperson Sarah Olney MP said:
10 Oct 2022
Benefits: Millions of people left in grim limbo after botched budget
Responding to the DWP Minister Victoria Prentis this morning refusing to confirm if benefit payments will be increased in line with inflation, Liberal Democrat Work and Pensions spokesperson Wendy Chamberlain said:
10 Oct 2022
Mortgage “ticking time bomb” as 3,300 fixed rate deals end every day
168,000 mortgage borrowers to be hit with expensive new deal between today and Kwasi Kwarteng’s fiscal plan expected on 23 November
10 Oct 2022
Conservatives facing ‘complete wipeout’ unless botched Budget is scrapped
Responding to Nadine Dorries saying this morning that the Conservatives would face a “complete wipeout” if there was a general election tomorrow, Liberal Democrat Treasury Spokesperson Sarah Olney MP said:
9 Oct 2022
Bankers’ champagne reception: Investigation needed into whether Kwarteng broke Ministerial Code
The Liberal Democrats have written to Cabinet Secretary Simon Case asking him to open an investigation into whether the Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng breached the Ministerial Code following revelations about his post mini-Budget champagne reception with hedge fund managers.
9 Oct 2022
Three in four blame budget for higher mortgages
Liberal Democrats demand the Government step in to save homeowners unable to keep up with spiralling mortgage costs, warning “people’s homes are now on the line”
7 Oct 2022
Energy blackouts: Truss must convene COBRA
Responding to the National Grid warning of rolling blackouts this winter, Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey said:
6 Oct 2022
Mortgage rate reaches 6% - Not the kind of growth Britons want to see
Responding to the news that a typical fixed rate mortgage has topped 6 per cent, Liberal Democrat Treasury Spokesperson, Sarah Olney said:
5 Oct 2022