Disabled bus pass time restrictions scrapped after almost two-year long campaign by Lib Dem MP, Tom Gordon
The Liberal Democrat MP for Harrogate and Knaresborough had been due to force a second Commons vote on the change this September.
17 Aug 2026
Press Releases
Press releases from the Lib Dem media team
Lib Dems demand Govt 'heatproof' the NHS as ward temperatures surpass 40°C
Extreme heat inside NHS hospitals is creating dangerously hostile environments for both patients and healthcare workers, according to alarming new findings from the Liberal Democrats.
14 Aug 2026
Davey: The country is burning, reconvene COBRA immediately
Lib Dem leader Ed Davey said: “The country is burning – devastating wild fires in the Midlands and the New Forest, hospitals dangerously overheating and the heat’s impact on our railways – and Andy Burnham’s only solution so far seems to be preventing...
14 Aug 2026
Lib Dems call for cost of living package as 'awful April' costs cliff edge “no joke”
Responding to the 'awful April' bill rises expected today [Wednesday 1st April], Daisy Cooper MP, Liberal Democrat Treasury Spokesperson, said:
1 Apr 2026
Govt must publish legal advice for deploying more troops to the Middle East
Responding to the the Defence Secretary announcing the Government is deploying extra troops to the Middle East, as well as the Sky Sabre air defence missile system, Liberal Democrat Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Calum Miller MP said:
31 Mar 2026
Sending King on state visit a “humiliation”
Responding to confirmation that the King will make a second state visit to the US, Ed Davey, Leader of the Liberal Democrats, said:
31 Mar 2026
GDP: economy still stuck in the slow lane
Responding to today’s GDP figures, which show an estimated increase of 0.1% in the last quarter of 2025, Liberal Democrat Treasury Spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP said:
31 Mar 2026
Less than 1% of phone thefts result in charge - as even PM’s former top aide falls victim to phone snatching epidemic
The Liberal Democrats have said that stealing phones has ‘effectively been decriminalised’, as Freedom of Information requests by the party revealed just 1% of all phone thefts resulted in a charge by police.
29 Mar 2026
Palantir Contracts: A "Trump aligned tech giant" has no place in our “national security infrastructure”
Responding to the news that Ministers are exploring a break clause in Palantir's contract with NHS England, Helen Morgan MP, Liberal Democrat Health Spokesperson, said:
29 Mar 2026
G7: Foreign Secretary needs to tell Rubio that the State Visit is off
As the Foreign Secretary meets G7 Foreign Ministers, including Marco Rubio, in France for talks in which the US-Israeli war with Iran will be the main focus, Liberal Democrat Foreign Affairs Spokesperson, Calum Miller MP said:
27 Mar 2026
Lib Dems Call for End to ‘Great Sewage Cover-up’ as New Stats Show Thousands of Hours of Filth Pumped into Waterways
The Liberal Democrats are launching a campaign to ‘End the Great Sewage Cover-Up’ as annual data on sewage spills hides the true scale of sewage dumping by water companies continuing across the UK.
26 Mar 2026
Nigel Farage must suspend Reform Senedd Candidate for Nazi salute
Responding to reports that a Reform UK Senedd candidate has been photographed performing a Nazi salute, Liberal Democrat Wales Spokesperson, David Chadwick MP said:
26 Mar 2026