Davey: NHS 10 year plan will be a “castle built on sand” without fixing social care
Ahead of the Government announcing their 10 year plan for the NHS today (3rd July), Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey said:
2 Jul 2025
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Press releases from the Lib Dem media team
One in five pensioners think they will leave ‘nothing’ behind due to social care costs as 10 year NHS plan set to be announced
One in five (20%) pensioners have said that they think they will not be able to leave anything behind to their loved ones after being hit with social care costs, a shocking new poll commissioned by the Liberal Democrats has revealed.
2 Jul 2025
Cooper: Reform defection shows "the mask has slipped"
Former Conservative MP Anne Marie Morris, who was roundly criticised in 2017 after using the N-word at a public event, has defected to the Reform party and will lead for them on social care policy.
2 Jul 2025
Liberal Democrats table amendment to exempt health and care providers from NICs hike
The Lib Dem amendment would protect social care providers, hospices, NHS GPs, dentists and pharmacies from being hit by the NICs rise.
16 Dec 2024
English Devolution plan: Deafening silence on social care
Commenting ahead of government's English Devolution plan, Liberal Democrat Local Government spokesperson Vikki Slade MP said:
16 Dec 2024
Revealed: 15 years of NHS ambulance time wasted already this winter - up from 10.5 years last year
15 years of ambulance time was wasted through handover delays in the first two weeks of this winter alone - up from 10.5 years over the same period last year, research by the Liberal Democrats has revealed.
16 Dec 2024
Davey pledges to do a sky-dive if ‘Love is Enough’ gets 10,000 downloads
Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey has pledged that he will do a sky-dive in the new year if his Christmas single ‘Love is Enough’ gets at least 10,000 downloads next week, as it vies for the Christmas Number One spot.
13 Dec 2024
GDP: Govt must reverse NICs hike on small business
Commenting on the latest GDP figures showing there was a 0.1% drop in October, Liberal Democrat Treasury Spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP said:
13 Dec 2024
Flu ‘tidal wave’: new government cannot allow this crisis to spiral
Responding to the NHS stating that a ‘tidal wave’ of flu is hitting hospitals with the number of patients with flu in hospitals being 3.5 times higher that the same time last year, Liberal Democrat Health and Social Care spokesperson Helen Morgan MP said:
12 Dec 2024
Court backlogs: it is a disgrace that victims have to wait years for justice
Responding to the latest data on court backlogs showing that at the end of September 2024 there were 16,505 cases that had been open for a year or more, Liberal Democrat Justice spokesperson Josh Babarinde MP said:
12 Dec 2024
Ed Davey to meet with young carers as polling finds seven in ten think government doesn’t support them enough
Seven in ten (70%) UK adults think that the government’s support for young carers is not enough, new polling commissioned by the Liberal Democrats has revealed.
12 Dec 2024
Housebuilding overhaul: housing should be community led, not dictated from Whitehall diktat
Responding to the Government's housing plans, including mandatory higher housing targets for councils, Liberal Democrat Housing and Planning spokesperson Gideon Amos MP said:
12 Dec 2024