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
Lib Dems demand publication of legal advice on seizing frozen Russian assets
The Liberal Democrats have written to the UK Attorney General, calling on him to publish the legal advice provided to the Government regarding seizing the frozen Russian assets held in the UK.
7 Mar 2025
Safer Phones Bill: Government making "ponderous progress" as measures watered down
Commenting on news that the Safer Phones Bill was watered down to gain government support, Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Science, Innovation and Technology Victoria Collins MP said:
7 Mar 2025
Powis's resignation: New leadership must fix crisis in NHS
Responding to NHS England medical director, Stephen Powis’s resignation, Helen Morgan MP, Liberal Democrat Health and Care Spokesperson, said:
6 Mar 2025
Government 'sticking its head in the sand' over Youth Mobility Scheme
Responding to the Government saying its policy on a youth mobility scheme with the EU is unchanged, Liberal Democrat Cabinet Office Spokesperson, Sarah Olney MP said:
6 Mar 2025
Healey must urge US to drop Ukraine intelligence ban
Commenting on Trump's ban on the UK sharing US intelligence with Ukraine, Liberal Democrat Defence Spokesperson, Helen Maguire MP, said:
6 Mar 2025
Reeves has one month to save health and social care from £16bn “jobs tax bombshell”
The Liberal Democrats have warned Rachel Reeves that she has just one month to save the health and care sector from a £16 billion tax bombshell over the next five years.
6 Mar 2025
Badenoch siding with JD Vance over our armed forces
Responding to Kemi Badenoch defending JD Vance over his comments, Liberal Democrat Defence Spokesperson Helen Maguire MP, a former Captain in the Royal Military Police who served in Iraq, said:
4 Mar 2025
Vance comments: Mandelson must demand the Vice President apologises for his remarks
Responding to US Vice President JD Vance’s comments that Putin will not be deterred by “20,000 troops from some random country that hasn’t fought a war in 30 or 40 years”, Liberal Democrat Defence Spokesperson Helen Maguire MP...
4 Mar 2025
Medact and Warm This Winter poll: patients being “failed” by Govt’s “callous” Winter Fuel Payment cut
Responding to a poll published by Medact and Warm This Winter which found that 70% of health workers regularly see patients unable to pay energy bills, Liberal Democrat Health and Social Care spokesperson Helen Morgan MP said:
4 Mar 2025