McSweeney resignation: the buck stops with the PM
Responding to the resignation of the Prime Minister's chief of staff Morgan McSweeney, Liberal Democrat deputy leader Daisy Cooper MP said:
8 Feb 2026
Press Releases
Press releases from the Lib Dem media team
Mandelson severance payout: “Immediately donate every penny to charities supporting victims”
Responding to reports that Peter Mandelson received a five-figure payout after being sacked as Ambassador to the US last September, Liberal Democrat deputy leader Daisy Cooper MP said:
7 Feb 2026
Lib Dems report Mandelson to City watchdog for insider trading
Deputy leader Daisy Cooper MP has condemned “transfers of confidential material” by the disgraced ex-ambassador to paedophile Epstein as a potential financial crime.
7 Feb 2026
Federal Party Press Releases
Conservatives failing to count cost of windfall tax loophole
The Liberal Democrats have accused the Conservatives of letting oil and gas giants off the hook, as a Conservative minister admitted the government is not even checking how much tax is being avoided through the glaring loophole in its windfall tax.
15 Nov 2022
Federal Party Press Releases
ONS earnings figures: Economic mismanagement is leaving pay packets stretched further than ever
Responding to the latest ONS labour market and earnings figures which show pay falling in real terms, Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Sarah Olney MP said:
15 Nov 2022
Federal Party Press Releases
Raab bullying: Lib Dems write to Cabinet Secretary demanding bullies be named
Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats Daisy Cooper has written the Simon Case, calling on the Cabinet Office to publish a list of Ministers who have credible allegations of bullying made against them.
14 Nov 2022
Federal Party Press Releases
Hunt interview: More unfair tax hikes because the Conservative party crashed the economy
Responding to the Chancellor's interview on the Laura Kuenssberg show this morning, Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Sarah Olney said:
13 Nov 2022
Federal Party Press Releases
Dominic Raab behaviour: Cabinet Office must investigate immediately
Responding to reports of civil servants being "traumatised" by Dominic Raab's behaviour in the Ministry of Justice, Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader Daisy Cooper said:
11 Nov 2022
Federal Party Press Releases
Conservative stealth cuts leave up to 110,000 children without a free lunch
Up to 110,000 children may be missing out on a free school meal because the Government has frozen the eligibility threshold for four years. The Liberal Democrats have accused the Conservatives of using the freeze to snatch school lunches away from children by stealth.
11 Nov 2022
Federal Party Press Releases
The Government have failed cancer patients
Responding to BBC analysis which shows there has been a sharp rise in long waits for cancer therapy in the past four years, Liberal Democrat Health Spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP said:
11 Nov 2022
Federal Party Press Releases
Home repossessions increase significantly as budget sets off a mortgage ticking time bomb
New figures out today from the Ministry of Justice show that “mortgage claims, orders, warrants and repossessions have increased significantly”.
10 Nov 2022
Federal Party Press Releases
Sunak failing the next generation as he refuses to protect education budgets
Following Rishi Sunak’s failure to guarantee that school and college budgets will not be cut in next week’s Autumn Statement at Prime Minister’s Questions, Liberal Democrat Education Spokesperson Munira Wilson MP said:
9 Nov 2022
