Care Workers: Change is urgently needed to fix the mess the Conservatives made
Commenting on the government's Immigration White Paper, Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Carers Alison Bennett MP said:
12 May 2025
Press Releases
Press releases from the Lib Dem media team
Immigration: Clear plan needed to make it easier to recruit British workers for vacancies instead
Responding to the Government's new immigration policy, Liberal Democrat Home Affairs Spokesperson, Lisa Smart MP:
12 May 2025
Lib Dems table humble address to force Government to publish impact assessment of UK-US deal
The Liberal Democrats will table a humble address in Parliament this week to force the Government to publish its impact assessments of the agreement with the US announced last week.
12 May 2025
Sewage dumped on Blue Flag beaches 1,500 times last year
New analysis of the latest Environment Agency data by the Liberal Democrats has revealed that water companies in England have dumped sewage onto England’s Blue Flag beaches 1,504 times last year, lasting an astonishing 8,497 hours last year.
4 Apr 2023
Social care funding halved: Elderly and disabled people will be the victims
Responding to reports that the social care reform budget has been halved, Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey said:
4 Apr 2023
Braverman pushes botched Rwanda scheme while queues pile up in Dover
Responding to Suella Braverman discussing her Rwanda plans and the border queues in Dover, Liberal Democrat Home Affairs Spokesperson Alistair Carmichael MP said:
3 Apr 2023
Water company fines: Pointless whilst it remains legal to dump sewage into swimming waters
Responding to the Government re-announcing they will change the fine structure on water companies, Liberal Democrat Environment spokesperson Tim Farron said:
3 Apr 2023
Ed Davey visits farm and says rural vote 'critical' in local elections
Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey has declared that the rural vote will be ‘critical’ at the local elections taking place in just five weeks across England.
3 Apr 2023
Sunak’s sick joke: Families facing £24bn energy and tax bill bombshell
Today’s freezing of tax thresholds will cost taxpayers £12bn hit in 2023-24, with an average hit of £440 per person, figures published by the Liberal Democrats have revealed.
3 Apr 2023
Sewage spills top 300,000: Therese Coffey must resign
The Liberal Democrats have called on Thérèse Coffey to resign for failing to tackle sewage dumping by water companies, after new figures revealed there were over 300,000 sewage spills in 2022.
3 Apr 2023
Sunak spent over £500,000 on private jets
The Liberal Democrats have slammed Rishi Sunak for spending over £500,000 on private jets, describing it as "shocking waste of taxpayers money."
3 Apr 2023
Indo-Pacific Trade Deal: Won't repair "fraction" of damage
Responding to the Indo-Pacific trade deal announcement Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for International Trade Sarah Green MP said:
3 Apr 2023