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
Donelan must pay libel action costs herself
The Liberal Democrats have called on Science Minister Michelle Donelan to pay the damages and legal costs relating to academic Prof Kate Sang's libel action against her herself.
6 Mar 2024
Donelan legal payments: Lib Dems demand Cabinet Office inquiry
The Liberal Democrats have called for a Cabinet Office inquiry into reports that Science Minister Michelle Donelan's department paid her damages and legal costs relating to academic Prof Kate Sang's libel action against her.
6 Mar 2024
Embargoed budget trail: The Conservatives are the great tax swindlers
Responding to the Chancellor's embargoed budget trail, Leader of the Liberal Democrats Ed Davey said:
6 Mar 2024
Lords Rwanda Bill votes: "Morally bankrupt government" defeated five times
Responding to the series of five heavy defeats for the government on their Rwanda Bill in the House of Lords this evening, which saw several Conservative peers voting against the government’s position, LiberalDemocrat Leader in the Lords Dick Newby said:
6 Mar 2024
Ed Davey visits Chancellor's seat ahead of Budget as GP funding in Surrey slashed by £10 million
Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey will today (Tuesday 5th March) visit a GP surgery in the Chancellor’s Godalming and Ash constituency ahead of the Budget to demand that Hunt cancel his planned real terms NHS spending cuts.
6 Mar 2024
IFS NHS spending analysis: What this govt has done to health services is scandalous
Responding to IFS analysis revealing that the planned 1.2% real terms cut in day-to-day NHS spending would be the largest reduction since the 1970s, Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Sarah Olney MP said:
6 Mar 2024
National Insurance tax cuts to be wiped out by £880 of stealth tax hikes
Stealth tax hikes will cost the average household in England twice as much as what they’ll get from this year’s national insurance cut, new research commissioned by the Liberal Democrats has revealed.
6 Mar 2024
Majority of Brits blame Rishi Sunak for the recession
Six in ten Conservative voters blame the Prime Minister and Chancellor for the UK economy entering a recession
6 Mar 2024
Hunt to lose seat to Lib Dems - poll shows
Commenting on a new constituency poll which shows Jeremy Hunt's seat is under threat, putting the Liberal Democrats on 35% on the vote, compared to Conservative's 29%, LiberalDemocrat Deputy Leader Daisy Cooper MP said:
6 Mar 2024