Gaza peace summit: Starmer mush push for expansion of aid and rebuilding of Strip
Ahead of tomorrow’s Gaza peace summit in Egypt, Liberal Democrat Foreign Affairs Spokesperson, Calum Miller MP said:
12 Oct 2025
Press Releases
Press releases from the Lib Dem media team
Lib Dems secure win in Parliament to end mouldy, flooded homes for military heroes
The Liberal Democrats’ longstanding campaign to improve the quality of military family homes is finally set to be adopted in law – making military family homes legally subject to the Decent Home Standard for the first time ever.
12 Oct 2025
Lib Dems: Equivalent of 16,000 nurses’ salaries set to be lost to delays at EU border as entry-exit scheme finally introduced
The Liberal Democrats are urging the Government to negotiate with the EU to enable pre-checks for HGVs away from the UK/EU border, as analysis shows that anticipated delays caused by the introduction of the EU’s Entry/Exit Scheme (EES) are set to cost £40
12 Oct 2025
Winter Fuel Payments U-turn: a “debacle” causing “needless misery” and the Chancellor should apologise
Responding to the Chancellor announcing that the changes to the Winter Fuel Payment thresholds will be in place for this winter with the new thresholds to be announced at the Spending Review, Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP said:
4 Jun 2025
Chancellor's transport announcement: Communities cannot be “led up the garden path again
Responding to the Chancellor's announcement of £15.6 billion of investment in transport systems for mayoral authorities, Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP said:
4 Jun 2025
Liberal Democrats call on Government to rule out cuts for frontline policing ahead of spending review
Sir Mark Rowley, the head of the Metropolitan Police has warned Keir Starmer there will be “far-reaching consequences” if the Government makes cuts to policing in the upcoming spending review.
3 Jun 2025
Govt needs to bite the bullet and put Thames Water into special administration
Commenting to the news that KKR has pulled out of plans to buy Thames Water, Liberal Democrat MP Charlie Maynard, who has previously appealed Thames Water's £3bn bailout said:
3 Jun 2025
Interim Water Commission: cleaning up water industry will “take more than a hose down”
Responding to Sir John Cunliffe’s interim water commission report, Tim Farron MP, Liberal Democrat Environment Spokesperson, said:
3 Jun 2025
Cancer in the UK report: progress in fighting disease must be “celebrated” but “cannot become complacent”
Responding to the Cancer Research UK’s Cancer in the UK report, Liberal Democrat Health and Social Care spokesperson Helen Morgan MP said:
3 Jun 2025
Revealed: Armed forces have shrunk by 2,000 since Labour Government elected
Analysis by the Liberal Democrats has revealed that the Armed Forces have lost over 2,000 personnel since the Labour government was elected last July - despite the party promising to restore the Army to a "fit to fight" state in their election manifesto.
2 Jun 2025
Starmer’s comments on Winter Fuel U-turn shows “the right hand doesn’t know what the left hand is doing”
Responding to the Prime Minister’s comments this morning that “the sooner we have clarity on that, the better” in reference to the Government’s Winter Fuel Payments U-turn, Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP said:
2 Jun 2025
Davey on Starmer interview: “concerning lack of urgency”
Responding to Keir Starmer's refusal to commit to a firm date on reaching 3% of GDP defence spending, in an interview with the Today programme, Lib Dem Leader Ed Davey said:
2 Jun 2025