Winter Fuel Payments: the “world’s longest u-turn continues”
Responding to the Prime Minister saying that more pensioners will be eligible for Winter Fuel Payments next winter, Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey said:
21 May 2025
Press Releases
Press releases from the Lib Dem media team
Thames Water bonuses: Hardly a cause for celebration for customers
Responding to reports that Thames Water has halted their bosses bonus scheme, Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for the Environment, Tim Farron MP said:
21 May 2025
Inflation: High time the Government put in place a proper plan to boost our economy
Responding to inflation rising to 3.5%, Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader and Treasury spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP said:
21 May 2025
Lib Dems urge Labour MPs to back closer trade with EU which could raise £25 billion a year and avoid welfare cuts
The Liberal Democrats have sent a letter to Labour MPs urging them to back closer trade ties with the EU to boost the public finances and avoid “savage” cuts to support for vulnerable families and pensioners.
17 May 2025
Youth Mobility Scheme news a ‘glimmer of hope’
Responding to comments by the Prime Minister that a Youth Mobility Scheme could be part of a new UK-EU deal, Liberal Democrat Europe Spokesperson James MacCleary said:
17 May 2025
Record low number of frontline NHS staff receive flu jabs this winter as some areas see less than one in 10 vaccinated
A record low of 37% of frontline health service staff took up flu jabs this winter, with some areas seeing less than one in 10 receive the vaccine. This came as hospitals battled a surge in those admitted due to the disease, House of Commons Library...
17 May 2025
EFRA committee report: Government “must listen" and “ditch tax”
Responding to the EFRA committee’s report saying that the Government must rethink the family farm tax, Tim Farron MP, Liberal Democrat Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Spokesperson, said:
16 May 2025
Davey on European Political Community Summit: PM needs to be “bold and ambitious” but EU leaders need to “play ball”
Ahead of the European Political Community Summit today (16th May), Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey said:
15 May 2025
Lib Dems move to quash sell-out law allowing foreign stakes in UK newspapers
Following the revelation that the Labour Government will legislate to allow foreign states to own up to 15% of British newspapers, the Liberal Democrats will move to dismantle the new rules via a Fatal Motion – a rare parliamentary device that would...
15 May 2025
Sneaky Kemi needs to “take head out of the sand” on EU
Following Kemi Badenoch’s speech to the International Democracy Union, James MacCleary MP, Liberal Democrat Europe Spokesperson, said:
15 May 2025
GDP: Govt must now use UK-EU summit to boost growth
Responding to GDP growth of 0.2% for March and 0.7% over Q1 of 2025, Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP said:
15 May 2025
Lib Dems say shocking hospital wait stats should “shake us to our core”
Responding to the Royal College of Emergency Medicine estimating that there were more than 16,600 deaths of patients linked to long waits in A&E for hospital beds last year, Liberal Democrat Health and Social Care spokesperson Helen Morgan MP said:
15 May 2025