Davey calls on Blair to give evidence in Parliament following White House Gaza meeting
Responding to Tony Blair’s meeting at the White House with the Trump administration discussing the war in Gaza, Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey said:
28 Aug 2025
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Press releases from the Lib Dem media team
Ed Davey to boycott Trump state banquet in push to end Gaza’s humanitarian disaster
Today Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey has announced he is to decline an invitation to the state banquet for Donald Trump next month, to raise the issue of Trump’s complicity in the humanitarian disaster in Gaza.
27 Aug 2025
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
Trump tariffs: Davey urges Starmer to meet steel workers and set out plan to protect UK’s economic security
Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey has urged Keir Starmer to speak to the British steel industry “without delay” and meet workers, as Trump imposes tariffs on steel imports.
11 Feb 2025
Steel tariffs: Govt cannot “tiptoe round the issue” and must “spell out” plans
Responding to reports that Downing Street has refused to say how the UK could respond to potential US steel tariffs, Calum Miller MP, Liberal Democrat Foreign Affairs Spokesperson, said:
11 Feb 2025
NHS productivity: Patients cannot afford any more “dither and delay” on reform
Responding to the latest ONS statistics, which show that healthcare productivity is 18.5% lower than it was in 2019, Liberal Democrat Health and Social Care spokesperson Helen Morgan MP said:
10 Feb 2025
Trump steel tariffs: Ed Davey calls for four nations summit to protect UK steel industry
Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey has called on the government to convene a four nations summit with leaders of devolved governments in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
10 Feb 2025
AI summit: Missed opportunity to back British tech businesses
Commenting on the Prime Minister's decision not to go to the AI Summit in Paris, Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey said:
10 Feb 2025
Davey calls for hospitality industry to be exempt from NICs hike as businesses face £4.5bn “jobs tax” bombshell
The hospitality industry is facing a £4.5 billion tax bombshell over the next five years due to the Government’s National Insurance hike, Liberal Democrat research has revealed.
7 Feb 2025
Govt admits current free school meals data is over a decade out of date
The Liberal Democrats have tabled a motion on the Children Wellbeing and Schools’ Bill to auto-enrol eligible children for free school meals - as the Government admits it’s relying on 11-year-old data to assess the number of children missing out.
7 Feb 2025
BofE: “putrid” growth figures need to be a “wake up call” for the Chancellor
Responding to the Bank of England downgrading its growth forecast to 0.75% for this year, Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP said:
6 Feb 2025
Davey calls for ‘crumbling hospitals taskforce’, as number of DHSC staff working on new hospitals falls by two-thirds
The number of staff in the Department of Health and Social Care who are working on the New Hospital Programme has fallen by almost two-thirds in just two years, a Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Question has revealed.
6 Feb 2025