Lib Dems celebrate Sunshine Bill victory
Max Wilkinson MP is celebrating victory in his campaign for solar energy generation technology to be included in all new homes as standard.
6 Jun 2025
Press Releases
Press releases from the Lib Dem media team
Government listens to Liberal Democrat calls to end “corridor care” but cannot lead patients “up the garden path”
Responding to the Government setting out its Urgent and Emergency Care Plan which aims to eliminate “corridor care” following recent Liberal Democrat calls to “end corridor care”, Liberal Democrat Health and Social Care spokesperson Helen Morgan MP said:
6 Jun 2025
Lib Dems call on Labour Govt to rule out real-terms policing budget cuts as unsolved vehicle theft epidemic continues
House of Commons library analysis of official Home Office data on crime outcomes, commissioned by the Liberal Democrats, shows a vehicle theft epidemic with the offence becoming ‘effectively decriminalised’. Almost 95,000 cases went unsolved last year.
5 Jun 2025
Davey: Sunak is running scared of a May election
Responding to the Prime Minister ruling out a May 2nd election, Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey said:
15 Mar 2024
Hester: Conservative Party must confirm if it received another £5 million
Responding to reports that the Conservative Party is "sitting on" another £5 million in donations from Frank Hester, LiberalDemocrat Chief Whip Wendy Chamberlain MP said:
14 Mar 2024
Extremism definition risks sowing more division
Commenting on the government's new definition of extremism, Liberal Democrat Home Affairs Spokesperson Alistair Carmichael MP said:
14 Mar 2024
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