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
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
EFRA committee report: Government “must listen" and “ditch tax”
Responding to the EFRA committee’s report saying that the Government must rethink the family farm tax, Tim Farron MP, Liberal Democrat Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Spokesperson, said:
16 May 2025
Davey on European Political Community Summit: PM needs to be “bold and ambitious” but EU leaders need to “play ball”
Ahead of the European Political Community Summit today (16th May), Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey said:
15 May 2025
Lib Dems move to quash sell-out law allowing foreign stakes in UK newspapers
Following the revelation that the Labour Government will legislate to allow foreign states to own up to 15% of British newspapers, the Liberal Democrats will move to dismantle the new rules via a Fatal Motion – a rare parliamentary device that would...
15 May 2025