Davey: Burnham is risking a repeat of the Winter Fuel Payment fiasco
Responding to Andy Burnham's speech at Labour Conference, Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey said:
29 Sep 2026
Press Releases
Press releases from the Lib Dem media team
Lib Dems call for emergency COBRA meeting following RAF Fairford security breach
The Liberal Democrats have today called on the Government to convene a COBRA meeting, following the suspected bomb plot at RAF Fairford over the weekend. Liberal Democrat Defence Spokesperson, James MacCleary MP, said:
28 Sep 2026
Faith in courts must be restored as backlog hits record high
Responding to the backlog of crown court cases reaching new highs in England and Wales, Liberal Democrat Justice Spokesperson, Jess Brown-Fuller MP, said:
24 Sep 2026
Sending King on state visit a “humiliation”
Responding to confirmation that the King will make a second state visit to the US, Ed Davey, Leader of the Liberal Democrats, said:
31 Mar 2026
GDP: economy still stuck in the slow lane
Responding to today’s GDP figures, which show an estimated increase of 0.1% in the last quarter of 2025, Liberal Democrat Treasury Spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP said:
31 Mar 2026
Less than 1% of phone thefts result in charge - as even PM’s former top aide falls victim to phone snatching epidemic
The Liberal Democrats have said that stealing phones has ‘effectively been decriminalised’, as Freedom of Information requests by the party revealed just 1% of all phone thefts resulted in a charge by police.
29 Mar 2026
Palantir Contracts: A "Trump aligned tech giant" has no place in our “national security infrastructure”
Responding to the news that Ministers are exploring a break clause in Palantir's contract with NHS England, Helen Morgan MP, Liberal Democrat Health Spokesperson, said:
29 Mar 2026
G7: Foreign Secretary needs to tell Rubio that the State Visit is off
As the Foreign Secretary meets G7 Foreign Ministers, including Marco Rubio, in France for talks in which the US-Israeli war with Iran will be the main focus, Liberal Democrat Foreign Affairs Spokesperson, Calum Miller MP said:
27 Mar 2026
Lib Dems Call for End to ‘Great Sewage Cover-up’ as New Stats Show Thousands of Hours of Filth Pumped into Waterways
The Liberal Democrats are launching a campaign to ‘End the Great Sewage Cover-Up’ as annual data on sewage spills hides the true scale of sewage dumping by water companies continuing across the UK.
26 Mar 2026
Nigel Farage must suspend Reform Senedd Candidate for Nazi salute
Responding to reports that a Reform UK Senedd candidate has been photographed performing a Nazi salute, Liberal Democrat Wales Spokesperson, David Chadwick MP said:
26 Mar 2026
OECD forecast a “dire wake-up call”
Responding to the OECD forecast, which predicts that the UK is facing the biggest hit to growth from Iran war out of the major economies, Daisy Cooper MP, Liberal Democrat Treasury Spokesperson, said:
26 Mar 2026
Sewage stats: waterways treated as open sewers while Govt offering nothing but recycled promises
The latest Government data has revealed that nearly two million hours of sewage were pumped into waterways last year. This comes almost a year after the Government announced it would be replacing Ofwat with a “powerful” new regulator.
26 Mar 2026