Lib Dems celebrate Sunshine Bill victory
Max Wilkinson MP is celebrating victory in his campaign for solar energy generation technology to be included in all new homes as standard.
6 Jun 2025
Press Releases
Press releases from the Lib Dem media team
Government listens to Liberal Democrat calls to end “corridor care” but cannot lead patients “up the garden path”
Responding to the Government setting out its Urgent and Emergency Care Plan which aims to eliminate “corridor care” following recent Liberal Democrat calls to “end corridor care”, Liberal Democrat Health and Social Care spokesperson Helen Morgan MP said:
6 Jun 2025
Lib Dems call on Labour Govt to rule out real-terms policing budget cuts as unsolved vehicle theft epidemic continues
House of Commons library analysis of official Home Office data on crime outcomes, commissioned by the Liberal Democrats, shows a vehicle theft epidemic with the offence becoming ‘effectively decriminalised’. Almost 95,000 cases went unsolved last year.
5 Jun 2025
Roads ‘plagued’ with potholes taking over 18 months to fix
Individual potholes are taking over eighteen months to be repaired in some areas, new figures have revealed.
17 Apr 2023
Scrap Voter ID when Parliament returns on Monday
Commenting on today's warning from the Local Government Association not to underestimate the difficulties Voter ID will cause for local authorities, Liberal Democrat Spokesperson Helen Morgan MP said:
14 Apr 2023
NHS waiting lists rise to new record high as Sunak breaks pledge
The number of people waiting for NHS treatment has risen to a new record high of 7.22 million, new figures reveal today, despite Rishi Sunak’s New Year pledge that “NHS waiting lists will fall”.
14 Apr 2023
Fly-tipping “effectively legalised” as just one in 500 incidents lead to a prosecution
The Liberal Democrats have warned that fly-tipping has been “effectively legalised”, after analysis revealed fewer than one in 500 incidents last year led to a prosecution.
14 Apr 2023
Police red tape cut is "too little too late"
Responding to the Home Office announcement on cutting police force red tape, Liberal Democrat Home Affairs Spokesperson Alistair Carmichael MP said:
14 Apr 2023
Revealed: Over 3,000 “monster sewage dumps” last year
There were over 3,000 “monster” sewage dumps into Britain’s rivers and coastlines last year, up 63% on the previous year, new analysis by the Liberal Democrats has revealed.
14 Apr 2023
Doctor’s strike: Dock Health Minister’s pay for failure to settle strikes
The Liberal Democrats have called on Secretary of State for Health Steve Barclay and all other Health Ministers to have their pay docked for their failure to negotiate with striking junior doctors.
14 Apr 2023
Patients in rural areas wait 50% longer for ambulances
New figures uncovered by the Liberal Democrats have revealed a stark rural and urban divide over dangerous ambulance delays, with heart attack victims in some areas waiting over one hour and forty minutes.
14 Apr 2023
IMF forecast: Another damning indictment
Responding to the latest IMF forecast predicting the UK economy's performance in 2023 will be the worst of the G20, Liberal Democrat Treasury Spokesperson Sarah Olney MP said:
14 Apr 2023