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
Number of English farms down a quarter in less than 20 years
Lib Dem Leader Ed Davey has warned that “farms are on the brink” as the party urges the government to increase the farming budget by £1bn a year to support nature-friendly farming and rural communities...
18 Feb 2025
Davey: Starmer must recall Parliament over Ukraine plans
Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey has called on the Prime Minister to recall Parliament to discuss plans to defend Ukraine following the emergency European summit held in Paris yesterday.
18 Feb 2025
NHS compensation: pay outs more than double in less than a decade hitting record of nearly £3bn
The NHS paid out a record £2.8 billion in compensation last year, up from £1.2 billion less than a decade ago, research by the House of Commons Library commissioned by the Liberal Democrats has revealed.
17 Feb 2025
Davey backs British boots on the ground in Ukraine and calls for troop cut to be reversed
Ed Davey has lent his support to Government plans to send British peacekeeper troops to Ukraine - and called on Starmer to reverse the Conservative 10,000 troop cut to the British Army.
17 Feb 2025
Badenoch speech: Competing with Farage to fawn over Donald Trump
Responding to Kemi Badenoch’s speech at the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship, Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader Daisy Cooper MP said:
17 Feb 2025
Shock poll reveals one in five think their local hospital buildings are unsafe as people fear rat infestations and collapsing roofs
A shocking new poll, commissioned by the Liberal Democrats, has found that one in five (19%) people think that the quality of their local hospital building infrastructure makes it an unsafe place to be treated
17 Feb 2025
CIPD survey: Chancellor’s job’s tax a “millstone around the neck” of the economy
Responding to a CIPD survey of UK employers that found that the rise in national insurance had prompted widespread plans to cut hiring and increase redundancies, Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP said:
16 Feb 2025
King’s Fund survey: scale of NHS admin problem is “shocking”
New polling from The King’s Fund, in collaboration with Healthwatch England and National Voices.
16 Feb 2025
Govt is leaving UK steel industry dangerously exposed to Trump's tariffs
Responding to the government's plans for the UK's steel industry, Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader and Treasury Spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP said:
16 Feb 2025