Thames Water fines: Govt should stop “wheeling and dealing” and finally put customers first
Responding to Ofwat staving off fines for the imperilled Thames Water, Tim Farron, Liberal Democrat Environment Spokesperson, said:
27 Aug 2025
Press Releases
Press releases from the Lib Dem media team
Farage u-turn shows he “has taken as much time reading his own plan as he does his constituents’ emails”
Responding to Nigel Farage appearing to u-turn today on his announcement yesterday where he suggested that women and children would be included in Reform’s deportation plans, a Liberal Democrat spokesperson said:
27 Aug 2025
Mounjaro supply chaos: Lib Dems call for CMA investigation
Responding to reporting by LBC that the US manufacturer of Mounjaro will halt UK orders of the drug following Trump’s attempts to encourage America’s drug manufacturers to increase their prices in foreign markets, Liberal Democrat Health and Social Care s
27 Aug 2025
Bonus ban for water company bosses still too weak and feeble
The Liberal Democrats have been calling for almost two years for bonuses for water firm bosses to he banned until sewage spills are stopped.
11 Feb 2024
Revealed: 1.5 million patients waited 12 hours or more in A&E in past year
A staggering 1.5 million patients in England waited 12 hours or more after arriving at A&E over the past year, new analysis by the Liberal Democrats has revealed.
11 Feb 2024
OfWat fines: A gimmick. Money should go back in people's pockets
Responding to the embargoed announcement by Ofwat, Liberal Democrat Environment spokesperson Tim Farron MP said:
11 Feb 2024
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