Starmer must rule out conceding to Trump on digital services tax
Responding to reporting that Trump has threatened increased tariffs on countries that tax US tech companies, Ed Davey, Liberal Democrat leader, said:
26 Aug 2025
Press Releases
Press releases from the Lib Dem media team
Dash Questionnaire “doesn’t work”: Urgent review into approach to domestic abuse needed
Responding to the news that Safeguarding Minister Jess Phillips has admitted the main screening tool used to decide which domestic abuse victims get urgent support "doesn't work", Liberal Democrat Justice Spokesperson Josh Babarinde MP said:
26 Aug 2025
Reform press conference: Farage wants to follow Putin and tear up our hard-won rights
Responding to Reform's press conference this morning, Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader Daisy Cooper said
26 Aug 2025
Davey on care visas: 'Don't leave our loved ones in the lurch'
Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey has urged the Government to allow social care providers to extend care workers’ visas without facing “crippling” Home Office fees, to avoid making the crisis in social care even worse.
19 May 2025
UK-EU deal: with “more ambition” economic benefits could have been “ten times greater”
Responding to reports that today's UK-EU deal will only add 0.2% to UK GDP by 2040, Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP said:
19 May 2025
Youth Mobility Scheme: UK needs “explicit details” not “woolly commitments”
Responding to reports that a youth mobility scheme has been agreed only in principle, Liberal Democrat Europe Spokesperson, James MacCleary MP said:
19 May 2025
Davey on UK-EU deal: “positive first steps” but PM must ignore Reform and Conservative “dinosaurs”
Responding to reports that the UK and EU have reached a deal to be announced later today, Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey said:
19 May 2025
Davey on UK-EU Summit: PM must be ambitious and not "dragged back" by Badenoch and Farage
Ahead of the UK-EU Summit, Lib Dem leader Ed Davey has urged the Prime Minister to be "bold and ambitious for our country" and ignore "dinosaurs fighting old battles" in Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage.
18 May 2025
£5bn from Youth Mobility Scheme would give Government “nowhere to hide” on winter fuel payment, say Lib Dems
The Centre for European Reform claims that a Youth Mobility Scheme could add 0.45% to GDP over the long-term. New House of Commons Library analysis commissioned by the Liberal Democrats suggests that such growth could add roughly £5 billion to exchequer..
18 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