Lib Dems: Child Poverty Strategy will still leave four million trapped in poverty
Responding to the Government’s new child poverty strategy, Liberal Democrat Education Spokesperson, Munira Wilson MP, said:
5 Dec 2025
Press Releases
Press releases from the Lib Dem media team
"Vote with us" on customs union bill Lib Dems say to Lammy
Responding to David Lammy's comments that a UK-EU customs union would help to boost growth, Liberal Democrat Europe Spokesperson, Al Pinkerton MP said:
5 Dec 2025
NAO report must be a "wake up call for govt"
Responding to the NAO report that Tackling frailty key to the long-term health of our aging population, Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Primary Care Helen Maguire MP said:
5 Dec 2025
Lib Dems call for National Audit Office investigation into NHS redundancies plan after unfunded £1bn cost revealed
The Liberal Democrats have written to National Audit Office chief Gareth Davies requesting that an investigation is launched into the Government’s plans to reduce Integrated Care Board running costs by 50%. The Times reported over the weekend would cost £
12 Aug 2025
Thames Water on brink of collapse: "Final whistle" needs to be blown on company
Responding to the news that Ministers have lined up insolvency practitioners to prepare for the potential collapse of Thames Water, Liberal Democrat MP for Witney Charlie Maynard said:
12 Aug 2025
CIPD Report: Govt's jobs tax has dealt an "absolute hammer blow to businesses"
Responding to the CIPD’s latest Labour Market Outlook, which found cost pressures and the Govt's NICs hike have lead to record low in private sector hiring plans, Liberal Democrat Treasury Spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP said:
11 Aug 2025
Almost a thousand died from high temperatures in hospitals and care homes last year as Lib Dems call on Govt to “heatproof the NHS”
There were close to 1,000 excessive heat deaths in healthcare settings last year, official government data analysed by the Liberal Democrats reveals as the Party calls on the Government to “heatproof the NHS”.
10 Aug 2025
Lib Dems: Govt must launch investigation into HMCTS evidence IT bug
Responding to reports that found it took several years for HM Courts & Tribunals Service to react to an IT bug that caused evidence to go missing, be overwritten or appear lost, Liberal Democrat Shadow Attorney General, Ben Maguire MP, said:
8 Aug 2025
Davey on Starmer Gaza statement: increasingly clear Netanyahu's goal is ethnic cleansing
Responding to Keir Starmer's statement on Israel's plans to occupy Gaza, Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey said:
8 Aug 2025
Homeowners paying £1,000 a year more as mortgage rates fail to fall in line with interest rates
Lenders are treating mortgage holders as a “cash cow” the Liberal Democrats have said, after House of Commons Library research commissioned by the party revealed mortgage rates have fallen at a significantly slower rate than the fall in the Bank of Englan
7 Aug 2025
Rushanara Ali resigns: actions were “staggeringly irresponsible”
Responding to the news that Homelessness Minister Rushanara Ali has resigned, a Liberal Democrat spokesperson said:
7 Aug 2025
Lib Dems: Govt needs to ‘take the bull by the horns’ and block Chinese mega-embassy
Responding to reports that the Deputy Prime Minster has asked China to explain ‘hidden’ plans for a mega embassy in London, Luke Taylor MP and Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for London said:
7 Aug 2025