Gaza peace summit: Starmer mush push for expansion of aid and rebuilding of Strip
Ahead of tomorrow’s Gaza peace summit in Egypt, Liberal Democrat Foreign Affairs Spokesperson, Calum Miller MP said:
12 Oct 2025
Press Releases
Press releases from the Lib Dem media team
Lib Dems secure win in Parliament to end mouldy, flooded homes for military heroes
The Liberal Democrats’ longstanding campaign to improve the quality of military family homes is finally set to be adopted in law – making military family homes legally subject to the Decent Home Standard for the first time ever.
12 Oct 2025
Lib Dems: Equivalent of 16,000 nurses’ salaries set to be lost to delays at EU border as entry-exit scheme finally introduced
The Liberal Democrats are urging the Government to negotiate with the EU to enable pre-checks for HGVs away from the UK/EU border, as analysis shows that anticipated delays caused by the introduction of the EU’s Entry/Exit Scheme (EES) are set to cost £40
12 Oct 2025
Borrowing figures: Reeves has “failed to turn the page” on stagnant economy
Responding to the latest borrowing figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), which showed a sharp rise in borrowing, Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP said:
21 Mar 2025
Shadow minister suggests Tory-Reform pact: Badenoch must sack him
The Liberal Democrats have called on Kemi Badenoch to sack a Shadow Minister who suggested a Conservative pact with Reform, warning that the “wheels are already coming off the Tory local election campaign within hours of it being launched.”
20 Mar 2025
Interest rates: growth only way to end mortgage pain but jobs tax makes prospect as real as “Loch Ness monster”
Responding to interest rates being held at 4.5% and the Bank of England stating that ‘business survey indicators generally continue to suggest weakness in growth’, Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP said:
20 Mar 2025
Conservative election launch: "desperate" Kemi Badenoch attempting to rescue crumbling vote as home counties turn to the Liberal Democrats
Responding to Kemi Badenoch's local election launch event in Buckinghamshire, Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader Daisy Cooper said:
20 Mar 2025
ONS Business Insights: “alarm bells" should be going off in the Treasury ahead of Spring Statement
Responding to the ONS Business Insights and Conditions Survey which found 14% of trading businesses expect their turnover to fall in April, up four percentage points on last year, Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP said:
20 Mar 2025
IFS NHS targets: a “bitter blow to patients” with Labour’s lack of urgency “inexcusable”
Responding to modelling by the IFS which shows that the Government will likely miss its 18-week waiting time target, Liberal Democrat Health and Social Care spokesperson Helen Morgan MP said:
20 Mar 2025
Store closures: report should make clear to the Chancellor our high streets “simply cannot take any more financial pain”
Responding to a PwC report which found that 12,804 retail stores, leisure venues and service outlets closed in 2024, Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP said:
20 Mar 2025
Conservative local election launch: "buck stops" with Badenoch
Commenting on the Conservatives' local election launch tomorrow (20th March) a Liberal Democrat spokesperson said:
19 Mar 2025
NICs vote: Labour MPs vote for “health tax” on GPs, pharmacies and care homes
Responding to the Government voting to reject a Liberal Democrat amendment which would have exempted health and care providers from the national insurance rise, Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP said:
19 Mar 2025