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
Free school meals: If Govt go ahead, they should hang their heads in shame
Commenting on reports that the government could be cutting free school meals for younger children, Liberal Democrat Education Spokesperson Munira Wilson MP said:
24 Mar 2025
Davey speech: Farage wants to turn UK into a “Trump tribute act”
Speaking at his party’s Spring Conference in Harrogate today, Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey will issue a rallying cry to take on the forces of populism in the UK, warning that Nigel Farage wants to turn “our great country into little more than a Trump.
24 Mar 2025
Lib Dems force vote on reversing local election delays: Conservatives must “do the right thing for democracy”
The Liberal Democrats have challenged the Conservatives to “do the right thing for democracy” and back their ‘fatal motion’ in the House of Lords today that would reinstate the delayed local elections.
24 Mar 2025
Cutting the Digital Services Tax while slashing welfare would be “robbing disabled people” to appease Musk and Trump
Responding to the Chancellor Rachel Reeves confirming the Government is in talks with the US about cutting the Digital Services Tax paid by social media giants, Liberal Democrat Treasury Spokesperson and Deputy Leader Daisy Cooper MP said:
24 Mar 2025
Rupert Lowe: Badenoch must rule out allowing MP to join Conservatives
Responding to reporting in the Sun that Rupert Lowe and senior Conservatives have been holding talks with the former Reform MP about joining the Party, Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader Daisy Cooper MP said:
24 Mar 2025
Davey speech: sneering Kemi Badenoch cares more about Twitter than fixing broken communities
Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey will today (Sunday 23 March) accuse Conservative Leader Kemi Badenoch of “sneering” at local communities and spending more time on social media than on tackling the issues people face.
22 Mar 2025
Lib Dems call for “end to corridor care” by end of the Parliament as data reveals 163,000 patients faced 12-hour trolley waits this winter
Liberal Democrat Health and Social Care spokesperson Helen Morgan will today (Saturday 22nd March) call on the Government to end “corridor care” in hospitals by the end of this Parliament, in a speech at the Party’s Spring Conference in Harrogate.
22 Mar 2025
Davey: Govt must seize £25bn of frozen Russian assets not "cower" behind legal processes
Responding to the Treasury releasing new data that shows UK sanctions have led to over £25 billion of Russian assets being frozen, Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey said:
21 Mar 2025
Borrowing figures: Reeves has “failed to turn the page” on stagnant economy
Responding to the latest borrowing figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), which showed a sharp rise in borrowing, Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP said:
21 Mar 2025