UK should table an emergency resolution at UN Security Council to reopen Strait of Hormuz
Responding to the ongoing crisis in the Strait of Hormuz, Liberal Democrat Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Calum Miller MP said:
16 Mar 2026
Press Releases
Press releases from the Lib Dem media team
Ed Davey speech: Save Britain with nuclear missiles and new Magna Carta
Full text of Ed Davey’s speech to Liberal Democrat Conference in York today:
16 Mar 2026
Ed Davey: Britain must end its dangerous dependence on Trump’s America for nuclear deterrent
In his speech at Liberal Democrat Conference today [Sunday 15th March], Ed Davey will call on the government to urgently start work on a fully-independent British nuclear deterrent, warning that the UK’s current reliance on the US for Trident missiles.
15 Mar 2026
Badenoch WhatsApps: Lib Dems demand Cabinet Office investigation
The Liberal Democrats are calling for a Cabinet Office investigation into whether Kemi Badenoch is using taxpayers' money to fund a covert leadership campaign.
2 Feb 2024
Make Test Match cricket to free to air
The Liberal Democrats have tabled an amendment to the Media Bill which if passed by MPs on Tuesday, would pave the way for at least one England Test Match a year broadcast on free-to-air channels.
2 Feb 2024
Crumbling buildings cause 5,000 incidents impacting patient care in areas promised 40 new hospitals
New analysis from the Liberal Democrats has revealed the devastating impact on patients of the Conservative government’s broken pledge to build 40 new hospitals.
26 Jan 2024
Conservatives oversee a “burglar bailout” as 3 in 4 cases go unsolved
New analysis from the Liberal Democrats of Home Office statistics have shown that a whopping 213,814 burglaries went unsolved across England and Wales in the year ending September 2023 - an average of 586 cases a day.
26 Jan 2024
£9.9bn billion wasted on PPE: “Taxpayers’ money poured down the drain”
£9.9 billion of the £13.6 billion spent on personal protective equipment (PPE) since 2020 has been written off because it was unusable or its value has crashed since the pandemic.
26 Jan 2024
Shoplifting “epidemic” as offences rise by a third in past year
The Liberal Democrats have accused the Conservative Government of overseeing a “shoplifting epidemic” as new statistics reveal shoplifting offences have risen by a third in the past year.
25 Jan 2024
Nearly 6,000 unsolved crimes a day last year
The Liberal Democrats accuse the Conservatives of “failing” to tackle crime as new Home Office statistics reveal that 40% of all crimes went unsolved last year, while only 6% resulted in a suspect being charged.
25 Jan 2024
Record 6.3 million patients at A&E not seen within 4 hour target last year
A record 6.3 million patients in England waited more than the target time of four hours to be seen at A&E in 2023, almost double the number five years ago, shocking new figures published by the Liberal Democrats have revealed.
25 Jan 2024
Council funding: Local communities are bearing the brunt of Conservative neglect
Responding to the government's announcement of a funding package for local councils, Liberal Democrat Communities, Housing and Local Government spokesperson, Helen Morgan MP said:
25 Jan 2024