Ed Davey: Trump must come “face to face” with UK steel workers
Commenting on the beginning of Donald Trump’s state visit, Ed Davey Leader of the Liberal Democrats said:
17 Sep 2025
Press Releases
Press releases from the Lib Dem media team
Lib Dems: Badenoch’s refusal to condemn Musk’s dangerous rhetoric is “cowardly”
Responding to Kemi Badenoch’s recent LBC appearance, Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader Daisy Cooper MP said:
17 Sep 2025
Lib Dems warn Government risks plunging country into a “new era of stagflation”
Responding to inflation remaining at 3.8%, Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP said:
17 Sep 2025
Nearly 6,000 crimes went unsolved every day last year
The Liberal Democrats have slammed the previous Conservative government’s “legacy of failure” as new statistics reveal the extent of unsolved crime in the year ending June 2024.
25 Oct 2024
Octopus Energy: use windfall to stop Winter Fuel Payment cuts
The Treasury is reportedly set to receive a £1.5 billion windfall from Octopus Energy. The cost of reinstating the Winter Fuel Payments for this year would be £1.4 billion. Responding to the news, Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Daisy Cooper:
25 Oct 2024
NAO Report on SEN provision: "urgent reform" needed, say Lib Dems
Responding to the report, Munira Wilson MP, the Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Education, Children and Families, said:
23 Oct 2024
LGA Conference: some councils see one-third of spending taken up by adult social care
Liberal Democrat Local Government spokesperson Vikki Slade has told the Local Government Association Conference today (23rd October) that councils face a "social care blackhole" in their finances
23 Oct 2024
Braverman: Conservative leadership candidates must rule out shadow cabinet role
Responding to the revelations that Suella Braverman forwarded government documents to her private email accounts while she was Attorney General in a potential breach of the ministerial code, Liberal Democrat Shadow Attorney General Ben Maguire MP said:
22 Oct 2024
Water Commission: More urgency needed to reform industry
Responding to the government announcing a new Independent Water Commission, Liberal Democrat Environment spokesperson Tim Farron MP said:
22 Oct 2024
Borrowing and debt figures: Burden must not fall on hard working households
Commenting on the latest figures on the public sector’s level of borrowing and debt, Liberal Democrat Treasury Spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP said:
22 Oct 2024
Over one million 12 hour A&E waits this year as Lib Dems call on Chancellor to “winterproof” the NHS at the Budget
Over one million patients have faced waits of 12 hours or more in A&E in England so far this year, up a fifth compared to the same period last year, new data uncovered by the Liberal Democrats has revealed.
22 Oct 2024
Social Care: Govt kicking the can down the road yet again
Responding to Care Minister Stephen Kinnock’s comments that the government’s plan to reform social care will be published "in the next 12 months", Liberal Democrat Health and Social Care spokesperson Helen Morgan MP said:
21 Oct 2024