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
Rupert Lowe: Badenoch must rule out allowing MP to join Conservatives
Responding to reporting in the Sun that Rupert Lowe and senior Conservatives have been holding talks with the former Reform MP about joining the Party, Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader Daisy Cooper MP said:
24 Mar 2025
Davey speech: sneering Kemi Badenoch cares more about Twitter than fixing broken communities
Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey will today (Sunday 23 March) accuse Conservative Leader Kemi Badenoch of “sneering” at local communities and spending more time on social media than on tackling the issues people face.
22 Mar 2025
Lib Dems call for “end to corridor care” by end of the Parliament as data reveals 163,000 patients faced 12-hour trolley waits this winter
Liberal Democrat Health and Social Care spokesperson Helen Morgan will today (Saturday 22nd March) call on the Government to end “corridor care” in hospitals by the end of this Parliament, in a speech at the Party’s Spring Conference in Harrogate.
22 Mar 2025
Davey: Govt must seize £25bn of frozen Russian assets not "cower" behind legal processes
Responding to the Treasury releasing new data that shows UK sanctions have led to over £25 billion of Russian assets being frozen, Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey said:
21 Mar 2025
Borrowing figures: Reeves has “failed to turn the page” on stagnant economy
Responding to the latest borrowing figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), which showed a sharp rise in borrowing, Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP said:
21 Mar 2025
Shadow minister suggests Tory-Reform pact: Badenoch must sack him
The Liberal Democrats have called on Kemi Badenoch to sack a Shadow Minister who suggested a Conservative pact with Reform, warning that the “wheels are already coming off the Tory local election campaign within hours of it being launched.”
20 Mar 2025
Interest rates: growth only way to end mortgage pain but jobs tax makes prospect as real as “Loch Ness monster”
Responding to interest rates being held at 4.5% and the Bank of England stating that ‘business survey indicators generally continue to suggest weakness in growth’, Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP said:
20 Mar 2025
Conservative election launch: "desperate" Kemi Badenoch attempting to rescue crumbling vote as home counties turn to the Liberal Democrats
Responding to Kemi Badenoch's local election launch event in Buckinghamshire, Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader Daisy Cooper said:
20 Mar 2025
ONS Business Insights: “alarm bells" should be going off in the Treasury ahead of Spring Statement
Responding to the ONS Business Insights and Conditions Survey which found 14% of trading businesses expect their turnover to fall in April, up four percentage points on last year, Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP said:
20 Mar 2025