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
Thames Water appeal: Govt must put company into special administration
Responding to the news that the court has rejected his appeal to prevent Thames Water from an additional £3 billion bail out, MP for Witney Charlie Maynard said:
17 Mar 2025
OECD: Chancellor cannot ignore “steady drumbeat of economic misery”
Responding to the OECD revising down their 2025 growth forecast for the UK by 0.3 percentage points to 1.4%, Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP said:
17 Mar 2025
NHS England: Same urgency must now be shown for social care
Responding to the Health Secretary, Wes Streeting, speaking this morning on scrapping NHS England, Liberal Democrat Health and Social Care Spokesperson, Helen Morgan said:
16 Mar 2025
Davey on PM’s virtual summit: only way to achieve peace is to strengthen Ukraine’s hand by seizing frozen Russian assets
Responding to the Prime Minister's virtual meeting with world leaders to discuss Ukraine, Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey said:
15 Mar 2025
GDP: Reeves’s plan for growth leaves “economy on life support”
Responding to GDP shrinking by 0.1% in January, Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP said:
14 Mar 2025
NHS England: welcome steps but won’t matter unless Streeting “stops ignoring the elephant in the room”
Responding to Wes Streeting’s statement in the Commons on scrapping NHS England, Liberal Democrat Health and Social Care spokesperson Helen Morgan MP said:
13 Mar 2025
Davey on PM speech: "we'll never fix the NHS unless we fix social care"
Responding to the Prime Minister's speech this morning, Ed Davey, who is also in Hull and East Yorkshire today, said:
13 Mar 2025
Davey calls for “polluters to pay” for North Sea clean up and for emergency government summit following ship collision in visit to Hull
Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey and Hull Council Leader Mike Ross have today called for “the polluters to pay” for any clean up of the North Sea following this week’s ship collision, as well as for an emergency summit in Yorkshire
13 Mar 2025
PM speech: Starmer "tinkering around the edges"
Commenting ahead of the Prime Minister’s speech today [Thursday 13th March], Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey said:
12 Mar 2025