PM must raise Tate's extradition as a priority
Commenting on Andrew Tate's arrival to Florida today after Romanian prosecutors agreed to let him leave, Liberal Democrat Home Affairs Spokesperson Lisa Smart MP said:
27 Feb 2025
Press Releases
Press releases from the Lib Dem media team
Pension Credit: Government’s “callous” stripping of Winter Fuel Payment leaves many “shivering in their homes”
Responding to the latest pension credit data showing that there are still 33,700 outstanding claims to be processed and that 114,500 claims were rejected - a 133% increase compared to last year.
27 Feb 2025
Dental appointments: millions “in urgent need” as Ministers “sit on their hands”
Responding to the BDA saying that the extra dental appointments promised by the Government will only cover a third of people who need urgent care, Liberal Democrat Health and Social Care spokesperson Helen Morgan MP said:
27 Feb 2025
NHS waiting lists won't fall to pre-pandemic levels for seven years
NHS waiting lists are only on course to reach pre-pandemic levels in June 2031, Liberal Democrat analysis of NHS figures released today has revealed.
14 Mar 2024
Water company profits almost doubled since 2019
England and Wales’ 11 water firms rake in staggering £4.2bn profits this Parliament
14 Mar 2024
Extremism and Hester: Will Conservative Party apply new definition?
The Liberal Democrats have written to Conservative Party Chair Richard Holden over the £10m donation from Frank Hester and the government's new extremism definition.
14 Mar 2024
Govt votes down Lib Dem amendment to publish number affected by NI threshold freezes
The government has today voted down a Liberal Democrat amendment to the NICs Bill which would force the government to "come clean" on the number of people dragged into paying National Insurance due to the Conservative party’s hidden stealth tax.
14 Mar 2024
PMQs: Sunak refuses to say if Thames Water will exist by the end of the year
Liberal Democrat MP Sarah Olney has slammed the Prime Minister after he refused to say if he believed Thames Water would still exist at the end of this year.
13 Mar 2024
New Post Office law is "long overdue" say Lib Dems
Responding to the Post Office Minister Kevin Hollinrake's statement in the House of Commons on new legislation to quash Post Office scandal convictions, Liberal Democrat Home Affairs spokesperson Alistair Carmichael MP said:
13 Mar 2024
Hester: Tory MPs urged to not take “tainted fund”
The Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats, Daisy Cooper MP is writing to every Conservative MP urging them to not accept any funding from the scandal-ridden Frank Hester.
13 Mar 2024
GDP: Figures can't hide Govt's mismanagement
Responding to the latest GDP figures, the Liberal Democrat Treasury Spokesperson Sarah Olney MP said:
13 Mar 2024
Stuart’s failure to call out racist Hester comments “jaw-dropping”
Responding to Graham Stuarts’ comments this morning on Times Radio where he refused to say Frank Hester’s alleged comments were racist and refused to say the money should be returned, Liberal DemocratChief Whip Wendy Chamberlain MP said:
12 Mar 2024