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
Interest rates: Families are still facing a mortgage cliff edge
Responding to the Bank of England's decision to keep interest rates at 5.25%, Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Sarah Olney MP said:
21 Mar 2024
WASPI: Govt must give compensation
Responding to the report released today by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombundsman, that recommended that the government should compensate women affected, Liberal Democrat Chief Whip Wendy Chamberlain MP said:
21 Mar 2024
Ed Davey launches local election campaign with hourglass stunt
Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey has launched his party’s English local elections campaign with an hourglass stunt, declaring “Time’s running out for Rishi Sunak”, and calling on the country to vote for change in May.
21 Mar 2024
PAC report on Social Care: Too many vulnerable people struggling to get the care they need
Responding to the latest Public Accounts Committee Report on Reforming Adult Social Care, Liberal Democrat Health and Social Care Spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP said:
19 Mar 2024
Almost 20,000 older people waited over four hours for an ambulance after falls last year
Almost 20,000 older people in England waited more than four hours for an ambulance to arrive after having a fall last year, more than double the number in 2019/20, figures uncovered by the Liberal Democrats have revealed.
19 Mar 2024
Four in ten say Conservatives are not the party of law and order
Lib Dem Home Affairs Spokesperson Alistair Carmichael will use his Spring Conference speech this weekend to slam the Conservative Government for poor prioritisation in the Home Office.
19 Mar 2024
Lib Dems call for free-to-air Premier League and other sports
The Liberal Democrats have passed a new policy at their Spring Conference calling for key sporting events such as Premier League matches, Six Nations Rugby, Ryder Cup and the Ashes to be legally shown on free-to-air TV channels.
17 Mar 2024
Ed Davey tells Lib Dems: kick out Conservatives to deliver real change
Full text of Ed Davey's speech:
17 Mar 2024
Ed Davey conference speech: 5 million doors to knock the Conservatives out of power
Ed Davey will today (Sunday 17 March) challenge Liberal Democrat members to knock on five million doors this year, “to bring the Blue Wall tumbling down, and get more brilliant Liberal Democrats elected to transform our country for the better.”
16 Mar 2024