Ed Davey: Kemi Badenoch facing a “reckoning at the ballot box” as former Conservative voters rally behind Liberal Democrats
Commenting ahead of the local elections on Thursday, Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey said:
30 Apr 2025
Press Releases
Press releases from the Lib Dem media team
Burglaries and shoplifting "decriminalised" as most offences don’t result in a suspect being charged
The Liberal Democrats have warned that burglaries and shoplifting are being effectively “decriminalised,” after shocking figures uncovered by the party show how few of these offences resulted in a suspect being charged last year.
29 Apr 2025
Lib Dems call for Fly-Tipping Fighting Fund
The Government has announced that fly-tipping offenders could face up to five years in prison. This comes as a Liberal Democrat poll reveals that over half of UK adults have witnessed the blight of fly-tipping in their local area. Commenting, Liberal...
29 Apr 2025
Govt rejects NICs relief for health and care providers in “shocking display of apathy”
Responding to the Government voting for a second time to reject Liberal Democrat amendments which would have permitted health and care providers to be exempt from the National Insurance rise, and permitted hospitals and healthcare settings to be exempt...
25 Mar 2025
Davey: Trump's White House can't be trusted on intelligence
Commenting on the intelligence leaks coming out of the White House, after an Atlantic journalist was invited to a group chat in which senior US officials were planning strikes on Yemen, Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey said:
25 Mar 2025
Labour and Conservative Peers Vote to Delay May Elections
Commenting after the motion vote, Liberal Democrat Local Government spokesperson in the Lords, Baroness Kath Pinnock said:
24 Mar 2025
Social Care: Streeting says doesn’t need to wait for a review to act so why is he taking three years
Responding to the Health Secretary’s comments to BBC Panorama where he says that he doesn’t need to wait for a review to act and that he plans to divert more NHS money into social care, Liberal Democrat Health and Social Care spokesperson Helen Morgan MP
24 Mar 2025
Tax on US tech giants would cover free school meals for all 1.6 million infants as Treasury mulls cuts
The Digital Services Tax would cover the cost of providing free school meals to the more than 1.6 million infant children who receive them, research by the Liberal Democrat has found.
24 Mar 2025
Free school meals: If Govt go ahead, they should hang their heads in shame
Commenting on reports that the government could be cutting free school meals for younger children, Liberal Democrat Education Spokesperson Munira Wilson MP said:
24 Mar 2025
Davey speech: Farage wants to turn UK into a “Trump tribute act”
Speaking at his party’s Spring Conference in Harrogate today, Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey will issue a rallying cry to take on the forces of populism in the UK, warning that Nigel Farage wants to turn “our great country into little more than a Trump.
24 Mar 2025
Lib Dems force vote on reversing local election delays: Conservatives must “do the right thing for democracy”
The Liberal Democrats have challenged the Conservatives to “do the right thing for democracy” and back their ‘fatal motion’ in the House of Lords today that would reinstate the delayed local elections.
24 Mar 2025
Cutting the Digital Services Tax while slashing welfare would be “robbing disabled people” to appease Musk and Trump
Responding to the Chancellor Rachel Reeves confirming the Government is in talks with the US about cutting the Digital Services Tax paid by social media giants, Liberal Democrat Treasury Spokesperson and Deputy Leader Daisy Cooper MP said:
24 Mar 2025