Lib Dems call for COBRA meeting as Britain braces for second heatwave
The Liberal Democrats are calling on the Government to hold an urgent COBRA meeting on this week's soaring temperatures.
30 Jun 2025
Press Releases
Press releases from the Lib Dem media team
Davey: welfare review must listen to the voice of carers
Ahead of the statement on the welfare bill later today, Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey has said the Government’s review of the Personal Independence Payments (PIP) must listen to groups representing family carers, as well as disability charities.
30 Jun 2025
Bob Vylan: hate speech has no place at Glastonbury or in society
Responding to Bob Vylan's performance at Glastonbury on Saturday, Liberal Democrat Culture, Media and Sport Spokesperson Max Wilkinson MP said:
29 Jun 2025
Crumbling schools: Govt must stop sitting on its hands and speed up rebuilding
Commenting on today’s news that an additional 3 schools have been identified as having RAAC and 119 schools need to be rebuilt, Liberal Democrat Education spokesperson, Munira Wilson MP said:
11 Feb 2024
No fault-evictions: PM must deliver on his government's promises
Responding to figures that show no-fault evictions spiked by almost a third last year, Liberal DemocratHousing spokesperson, Helen Morgan MP said:
11 Feb 2024
17% spike in children's tooth extractions: If dental care under this Conservative government was a tooth, it would need extraction
The latest NHS figures show that there has been a 17% increase in the number of tooth decay related tooth extractions for children in 2022-23 compared to the previous year. Over the period there were 47,581 total extractions in those aged 0-19.
11 Feb 2024
A&E waits: This Conservative government is a catastrophe for our NHS
The latest NHS data has revealed that the number of people waiting more than 12 hours in A&E departments from a decision to admit them to actually being admitted hit 54,308 in January, up sharply from 44,045 in December.
11 Feb 2024
NHS waiting lists: Sunak’s broken pledge having “catastrophic impact”
The latest NHS figures show that waiting lists have grown by almost 400,000 to 7.6 million since Rishi Sunak made his pledge to cut them in January 2023.
8 Feb 2024
Dentist dossier: Five Conservative failures on dental care
Liberal Democrats have published a dentist dossier with five failures from the Government on dental care:
8 Feb 2024
2.2 million people’s work impacted by being stuck on NHS waiting lists
Around 2.2 million people are seeing their work impacted by being stuck on waiting lists for NHS treatment, including many going on long-term sick leave or reducing their hours, analysis by the Liberal Democrats has revealed.
8 Feb 2024
Govt have left dental services to rot and now think they can rebuild it with a handful of toothpicks
Responding to Health Secretary Victoria Atkins morning interviews on the Government's new dental plan, Liberal DemocratHealth spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP said:
8 Feb 2024
Dental plan "too little too late" for people desperately queuing in Bristol
Responding to the Government's new Dental Plan, Lib Dem Health Spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP said:
8 Feb 2024