Lib Dems celebrate Sunshine Bill victory
Max Wilkinson MP is celebrating victory in his campaign for solar energy generation technology to be included in all new homes as standard.
6 Jun 2025
Press Releases
Press releases from the Lib Dem media team
Government listens to Liberal Democrat calls to end “corridor care” but cannot lead patients “up the garden path”
Responding to the Government setting out its Urgent and Emergency Care Plan which aims to eliminate “corridor care” following recent Liberal Democrat calls to “end corridor care”, Liberal Democrat Health and Social Care spokesperson Helen Morgan MP said:
6 Jun 2025
Lib Dems call on Labour Govt to rule out real-terms policing budget cuts as unsolved vehicle theft epidemic continues
House of Commons library analysis of official Home Office data on crime outcomes, commissioned by the Liberal Democrats, shows a vehicle theft epidemic with the offence becoming ‘effectively decriminalised’. Almost 95,000 cases went unsolved last year.
5 Jun 2025
Syria: Assad must now face justice for his crimes
Responding to reports that the Assad regime has fallen in Syria, Liberal Democrat Foreign Affairs spokesperson, Calum Miller, said:
9 Dec 2024
Ambulance delays crisis: Streeting must make a statement to Parliament
Responding to reports that heart attack patients are being advised to make their own way to hospital while six of England’s ten ambulance trusts are at risk of service failure, Liberal Democrat Health and Social Care spokesperson Helen Morgan said:
9 Dec 2024
Ed Davey hits the top 40 in boost to bid for Christmas number one
Ed Davey and the Bath Philharmonia Young Carers’ Choir bid for a Christmas Number one has received a big boost as their Christmas single ‘Love is Enough’ has hit the top 40 just one week after being released.
9 Dec 2024
A&E target dropped is an “insult to patients” left waiting hours to be seen
Responding to the admission the government is dropping its pledge to meet the four hour A&E waiting times target by the end of this Parliament, Liberal Democrat Health and Care Spokesperson Helen Morgan MP said:
9 Dec 2024
One in two pensioners hit by Winter Fuel Payment cuts will heat their homes less this winter
Half (51%) of pensioners who said that they will be hit by cuts to the Winter Fuel Payments say they will heat their home less this winter, new polling commissioned by the Liberal Democrats has revealed.
9 Dec 2024
365,000 patients waiting six weeks or more for diagnostic tests including MRIs and CT scans
The number of people waiting six weeks or more for diagnostic tests such as CT scans or MRIs is 22 times higher than in 2015, House of Commons Library research commissioned by the Liberal Democrats has revealed.
9 Dec 2024
Small Business Saturday: govt should take this opportunity to scrap NICs rise
Commenting on Small Business Saturday today (7th December), Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP said:
6 Dec 2024
Starmer speech: Govt simply moving the goalposts
Commenting after Keir Starmer's "Plan for Change" speech, Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey said:
6 Dec 2024
NHS winter stats: government must make sure this is the last winter crisis patients have to go through
Responding to the publication of the first NHS winter stats report leading to warnings of a ‘quad-demic’ with a 350% increase in flu cases in hospital compared to the same week last year, Liberal Democrat Health and Social Care spokesperson Helen Morgan:
6 Dec 2024