Badenoch Speech: “Liz Truss on steroids”
Responding to Kemi Badenoch announcing the Conservative Party would abolish stamp duty on primary homes, Liberal Democrat Treasury Spokesperson and Deputy Leaer, Daisy Cooper MP said:
8 Oct 2025
Press Releases
Press releases from the Lib Dem media team
Ed Davey urges One Nation Conservatives to join Lib Dems after Kemi Badenoch’s conference speech
Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey has written an open letter to One Nation Conservatives who feel abandoned by their party urging them to join the Liberal Democrats, following Kemi Badenoch’s conference speech today.
8 Oct 2025
NHS / US Drug Price Increases: Ministers must come clean
Responding to reports that the Government is proposing an increase to the amount the NHS will pay pharmaceutical firms for drugs, in a bid to steer U.S. President Donald Trump away from his threatened tariffs on the sector, Liberal Democrat Health and Soc
8 Oct 2025
Lib Dems to reverse £800m cut to community healthcare budgets to avoid “ticking time bomb” for NHS
The Liberal Democrats will set out plans at their Autumn Conference to reverse savage Conservative cuts to local public health grants, as part of a shift to empowering local communities to tackle the root causes of ill health.
27 Sep 2023
Triple tax on social media giants to boost mental health in schools
Liberal Democrats are calling on the Government to treble the tax on social media giants to provide a dedicated mental health professional in every school.
27 Sep 2023
Lib Dems: Scrap payouts for ex-ministers as taxpayer bill rises to £530,000
The Liberal Democrats have called for taxpayer-funded handouts for disgraced former ministers to be scrapped, as analysis reveals £530,000 was paid out in ministerial severance payments over the past year.
27 Sep 2023
25,000 operations cancelled twice or more in 2022 as backlog soars
The number of hospital operations cancelled twice or more surged to over 25,000 in 2022, an investigation by the LiberalDemocrats have revealed.
27 Sep 2023
Revealed: Long GP waits in rural areas three times worse than urban ones
The proportion of people waiting four weeks or more for a GP appointment is three times higher in rural parts of England than in London, stark new figures published by the Liberal Democrats have revealed.
27 Sep 2023
Daisy Cooper: Lib Dems have “huge opportunity” to take seats off Conservatives in the Blue Wall
Liberal Democrat Leader Deputy Leader and Health Spokesperson Daisy Cooper will today (Sunday 24 September) give her first in person speech at the party’s Autumn Conference.
27 Sep 2023
Lib Dems call for “Blue Flag” status for rivers to protect from sewage scandal
The Liberal Democrats are set to call for a new Blue Flag status to protect Britain’s treasured rivers from sewage dumping, at the party’s annual conference this weekend.
23 Sep 2023
Daisy Cooper: Lib Dems have “huge opportunity” to take seats off Conservatives in the Blue Wall
Liberal Democrat Leader Deputy Leader and Health Spokesperson Daisy Cooper will today (Sunday 24 September) give her first in person speech at the party’s Autumn Conference.
23 Sep 2023
Revealed: Long GP waits in rural areas three times worse than urban ones
The proportion of people waiting four weeks or more for a GP appointment is three times higher in rural parts of England than in London, stark new figures published by the Liberal Democrats have revealed.
23 Sep 2023