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 demand Treasury probe into Palantir contract as Trump-aligned tech giant gets access to UK financial data
The Liberal Democrats have today called on the Treasury to launch an urgent investigation into the awarding of a sensitive data contract to Palantir, citing grave national security risks.
23 Mar 2026
Starmer permission for US use of British bases must have Parliamentary vote
Responding to the Prime Minister granting permission to the US to use British bases to strike Iranian sites bombing the Straits of Hormuz, Liberal Democrat Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Calum Miller MP said:
23 Mar 2026
Soaring borrowing is 'last thing we need' as families squeezed by ‘Trumpflation’
Responding to higher than expected Government borrowing costs in February, Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader Daisy Cooper MP said:
23 Mar 2026
Fly tipping clean up: It is about time the Govt wakes up to the scale of the crisis
Responding to the announcement that the Government will fund some of the cost for cleaning up the worst fly tipping waste sites, Calum Miller, MP for Bicester and Woodstock - the constituency that holds the Kidlington mountain of waste, said:
19 Mar 2026
Covid report: Govt must tackle crisis in our NHS, as matter of national security
Responding to the Covid inquiry report, in which it reveals that the NHS was close to collapse, Liberal Democrat Health Spokesperson Helen Morgan MP said:
19 Mar 2026
Interest rates: “Trump-flation” forcing people to face “eyewatering” mortgage hikes
Responding to the Bank of England’s decision to hold interest rates at 3.75%, Liberal Democrat Treasury Spokesperson, Daisy Cooper MP, said:
19 Mar 2026
Lib Dems demand Government publish legal advice relating to deployment of UK military in the Strait of Hormuz
The Liberal Democrats have today written to the Attorney General to call for him to publish the full legal advice he shares with the Government concerning the possible deployment of UK armed forces in the Strait of Hormuz.
19 Mar 2026
Gas price hike: Govt must convene an “emergency COBRA meeting today”
Responding to today's spike in oil and gas prices caused by the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, Ed Davey MP, Leader of the Liberal Democrats, said:
19 Mar 2026
Aid Spending: This is not what global leadership looks like
Ahead of the Government outlining its slashing of the development budget today, Liberal Democrat International Development Spokesperson, Monica Harding MP, said:
19 Mar 2026