Spending Review must deliver progress on social care
Ahead of the spending review today (11th June) Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP said:
10 Jun 2025
Press Releases
Press releases from the Lib Dem media team
Spending review: Home Office at risk of £500 million shortfall as Home Secretary on ‘resignation watch’
Unprotected departments could be hit with real-terms cuts worth nearly £5 billion by the end of the Parliament, with the Home Office at risk of a £490 million real-terms shortfall, House of Commons Library analysis commissioned by the Liberal Democrats...
10 Jun 2025
“Conveyor belt of Trump sycophants” rolls on as David Bull appointed Reform Chairman
Responding to David Bull being appointed as Reform UK Chairman, Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader Daisy Cooper MP said:
10 Jun 2025
Davey on Farage speech: “Trussonomics on steroids”
Responding to Nigel Farage’s speech today, Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey said:
27 May 2025
Labour needs to “learn to u-turn faster” on two-child benefit cap
Responding to Bridget Phillipson telling the Today programme that scrapping the two-child benefit cap is “on the table”, Daisy Cooper MP, Liberal Democrat Treasury Spokesperson and Deputy Leader, said:
27 May 2025
Nearly 2 million to be hit by £9 billion “stealth tax bombshell” by the end of the decade
The Labour government’s plans to maintain the income tax threshold freezes introduced by the Conservatives mean that an estimated additional 1.9 million people will be hit, forcing them to shell out close to an estimated £9 billion in additional tax...
26 May 2025
Patients “left in the lurch” as month long waits for last minute cancelled ops to be rearranged more than double
Close to 20,000 operations cancelled at the last minute took more than 28-days to rearrange last year, in breach of the NHS’s own standard, research by the House of Commons Library commissioned by the Liberal Democrats has revealed.
26 May 2025
Patients “left in the lurch” as month long waits for last minute cancelled ops to be rearranged more than double
Close to 20,000 operations cancelled at the last minute took more than 28-days to rearrange last year, in breach of the NHS’s own standard, research by the House of Commons Library commissioned by the Liberal Democrats has revealed.
26 May 2025
Winter Fuel Payments: Govt needs to complete world’s slowest u-turn
Commenting on Angela Rayner’s interviews on the Sunday shows this morning, where she refused to give clarity on Winter Fuel Payments, Lib Dem Treasury spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP said:
25 May 2025
Number of lung cancer patients not treated within two-month standard rises by 40% with some waiting more than a year
The number of lung cancer patients waiting longer than the 62-day referral to treatment standard has risen by 41% since 2019, with 3,750 patients enduring waits of at least two-months last year, Freedom of Information requests (FOIs) by Lib Dem MP Clive..
24 May 2025
Telegraph deal: stake promised to UAE before legislation approved “puts the cart before the horse”
Responding to reports that the Telegraph has agreed a deal with a US private equity firm but that the UAE will retain a 15% stake, Chris Fox, Liberal Democrat Lords’ Spokesperson for Business and sponsor of the fatal motion to block the legislation...
23 May 2025
Teachers’ pay award: Govt “building castles in the sky” if they think schools can fund rise
Responding to Bridget Phillipson’s statement on a pay award for teachers, Munira Wilson MP, Liberal Democrat Education, Children and Families Spokesperson, said:
22 May 2025