Davey: Burnham is risking a repeat of the Winter Fuel Payment fiasco
Responding to Andy Burnham's speech at Labour Conference, Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey said:
29 Sep 2026
Press Releases
Press releases from the Lib Dem media team
Lib Dems call for emergency COBRA meeting following RAF Fairford security breach
The Liberal Democrats have today called on the Government to convene a COBRA meeting, following the suspected bomb plot at RAF Fairford over the weekend. Liberal Democrat Defence Spokesperson, James MacCleary MP, said:
28 Sep 2026
Faith in courts must be restored as backlog hits record high
Responding to the backlog of crown court cases reaching new highs in England and Wales, Liberal Democrat Justice Spokesperson, Jess Brown-Fuller MP, said:
24 Sep 2026
SFI26: Farms under pressure cannot wait until 2027 for funds
Responding to the SFI26 window 2 budget being exhausted within hours, Liberal Democrat Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Spokesperson Tim Farron MP and Liberal Democrat Rural Affairs Spokesperson Sarah Dyke MP said:
23 Sep 2026
Davey conference speech: Cut income tax to tackle the cost of living
In his keynote speech to the Liberal Democrat Party Conference later today, Ed Davey will announce a massive tax cut, funded by growing the economy through membership of the EU single market and a customs union.
22 Sep 2026
Davey: Maternity care scandal must end this Parliament as childbirth injuries reach record high rates
Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey is today demanding an end to the maternity care scandal by the close of this parliament as figures reveal life-altering childbirth injuries have reached a record high in the first half of 2026, demonstrating a deepening na
21 Sep 2026
Take the profit out of water and smash the revolving door between regulators and water industry, say Lib Dems
The Liberal Democrats will use their autumn party conference to set out a radical vision to overhaul the broken water industry, launching a major new policy motion to tackle Britain’s water company crisis. Recent Freedom of Information requests by the par
21 Sep 2026
Big Tech should fund new police agency to tackle serious online crimes
In his keynote speech at Liberal Democrat Autumn Conference, the Party’s Home Affairs spokesperson Max Wilkinson MP will today [Monday 21st September] announce plans to create a brand new police agency to tackle serious online crimes.
20 Sep 2026
Davey: Vote Liberal Democrat to cut your taxes
Liberal Democrat leader, Ed Davey, has today thrown down the gauntlet to his political opponents, calling for immediate relief for struggling households and delivering a direct message to voters: Vote Liberal Democrat to cut your taxes.
20 Sep 2026
Cooper to unveil plan to rip down barriers to business and end the ‘computer says no’ economy
In her keynote speech at the Liberal Democrat Autumn Conference, party Treasury spokesperson Daisy Cooper will unveil a 30-page report on how to “Get Britain Growing Again” warning that economic growth is being held back by a “computer says no” economy.
19 Sep 2026
Davey makes rallying cry to activists as his party faces down “nasty populism” - “we care, we fight”
In his rally speech to activists on the first evening of Autumn Conference in Brighton, party leader Ed Davey laid out his political journey, from campaigning against apartheid in South Africa while he was at University, through to the present day, urging
19 Sep 2026
Lib Dems to end scandal of harm in maternity care and make Britain the safest place in the world to have a baby
The Liberal Democrats have today set out the Party’s £600 million rescue plan to end the maternity care scandal and make Britain the safest place in the world to have a baby, which follows sustained campaigning by the Party across the country to improve s
19 Sep 2026