Thames Water fines: Govt should stop “wheeling and dealing” and finally put customers first
Responding to Ofwat staving off fines for the imperilled Thames Water, Tim Farron, Liberal Democrat Environment Spokesperson, said:
27 Aug 2025
Press Releases
Press releases from the Lib Dem media team
Farage u-turn shows he “has taken as much time reading his own plan as he does his constituents’ emails”
Responding to Nigel Farage appearing to u-turn today on his announcement yesterday where he suggested that women and children would be included in Reform’s deportation plans, a Liberal Democrat spokesperson said:
27 Aug 2025
Mounjaro supply chaos: Lib Dems call for CMA investigation
Responding to reporting by LBC that the US manufacturer of Mounjaro will halt UK orders of the drug following Trump’s attempts to encourage America’s drug manufacturers to increase their prices in foreign markets, Liberal Democrat Health and Social Care s
27 Aug 2025
Ed Davey launches local election campaign with bid to overtake Conservatives
Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey has declared a two horse race between his party and the Conservatives at the launch of his party’s local election campaign today in Henley-on-Thames, in the battleground county of Oxfordshire.
31 Mar 2025
Price cap rise: Majority of Brits think their energy bill is bad value for money
55% of Brits think that their energy bill is bad value for money, a poll commissioned by the Liberal Democrats has revealed. It comes as Ofgem’s energy price cap comes into force today [Tuesday 1st April], hitting households with a 6.4% increase in...
31 Mar 2025
Ed Davey: Lib Dems set to replace Badenoch’s “sneering” Conservatives as party of Middle England
Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey will launch his party’s local election campaign today in Oxfordshire with a vow to replace Kemi Badenoch’s “sneering” Conservatives as the “party of Middle England.”
30 Mar 2025
Disabled people locked out of accessing welfare impact assessment as Government fails to publish accessible versions
The Government has still not published accessible versions of the welfare Green Paper published ten days ago and subsequent impact assessment in which they outlined major cuts in support for those with disabilities, a Written Parliamentary Question by...
29 Mar 2025
PM needs to confirm if he made “insulting” pocket money analogy and if so apologise
Responding to reporting in the Times that it was the Prime Minister who first made the analogy at a meeting of the cabinet that the Government’s welfare reforms could be compared to taking away a child’s pocket money, Liberal Democrat Work and Pensions...
29 Mar 2025
Car manufacturer summit: Govt needs to “Trump-proof” car industry with "new UK automotive strategy”
Responding to officials meeting with representatives from the car industry after Trump has said he will put 25% tariffs on all car imports into the US, Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP said:
28 Mar 2025
Farage's chlorinated chicken plans would sell out British farmers for a “grubby” Trump trade deal
Responding to Farage’s admission that he’d allow chlorinated chicken in the UK as part of a Trump trade deal, Tim Farron MP, Liberal Democrat Environment Spokesperson, said:
28 Mar 2025
GDP figures: families and small businesses are "living with the consequences of anaemic growth"
Responding to the ONS' revised GDP estimates, which show the economy continues to see little growth since last summer, Liberal Democrat Treasury Spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP said:
28 Mar 2025
Mental Health: share of spend falls as Government “backpedals” when patients need it most
Responding to the Government’s statement that the proportion of health spend directed towards mental health has dropped compared to last financial year, Liberal Democrat Mental Health spokesperson Danny Chambers MP said:
27 Mar 2025