Gambling Levy: We must go further
Responding to the introduction of a statutory levy on gambling, Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Culture, Media and Sport Max Wilkinson MP said:
27 Nov 2024
Press Releases
Press releases from the Lib Dem media team
Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire welcomed by Liberal Democrats
Responding to news that Israel and Hezbollah have agreed to a ceasefire, Liberal Democrat Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Calum Miller MP said:
27 Nov 2024
NAO: new government must show ambition necessary to rescue NHS dentistry
Responding to the National Audit Office’s comments saying that the “dental recovery plan is not on course to fulfil its ambition of an additional 1.5m treatments by the end of 2024/25” Liberal Democrat Health and Social Care spokesperson, Helen Morgan MP:
26 Nov 2024
Rwanda: “Immoral, costly gimmick and everyone, including top Conservatives, knows it”
Responding to the reports that James Sunderland called the Rwanda scheme ‘crap’, Liberal Democrat Home Affairs Spokesperson Alistair Carmichael said:
24 Jun 2024
Betting scandal: Sunak must personally intervene
Responding to the latest reports by the Sunday Times that the Conservatives Chief Data Officer has taken a leave of absence after being informed he is under investigation by the Gambling Commission, Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader Daisy Cooper said:
24 Jun 2024
Farage: Apologists for Putin should have no place in British politics
Responding to Nigel Farage's comment that the West provoked Putin to invade Ukraine, Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey said:
24 Jun 2024
Lib Dems announce emergency fund to open community ambulance stations and cut response times
The Liberal Democrats have today (Sunday 23rd June) pledged a £50 million-a-year emergency fund, to allow ambulance trusts to reverse closures of community ambulance stations and cancel planned closures.
24 Jun 2024
“Ten days to save the NHS”: 12 hour A&E waits rise 100-fold since 2019
Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey has declared that there are just “ten days to save the NHS” before polling day, as new figures reveal the number of people waiting 12 hours or more to be admitted to A&E has risen over 100-fold since 2019.
24 Jun 2024
Lib Dems set out plan to save chalk streams from “environmental disaster” as sewage dumping doubles
The Liberal Democrats have set out a plan to save Britain’s chalk streams from the “environmental disaster” caused by soaring levels of sewage dumping.
24 Jun 2024
BBC Question Time: Sunak has gone from ducking D-Day to blundering on betting
Responding to Rishi Sunak on BBC Question Time today, Liberal Democrat Education Spokesperson Munira Wilson said:
21 Jun 2024
Interest rates: No end in sight for mortgage misery
Responding to Interest Rates being held at 5.25%, Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Sarah Olney said:
21 Jun 2024
Surrey oil drilling decision: Victory for local people
Responding to the Supreme Court ruling Conservative run Surrey County Council should have taken into consideration the impact on the environment before approving a drilling site in the Surrey Hills, Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey said:
21 Jun 2024