Davey: Burnham is risking a repeat of the Winter Fuel Payment fiasco
Responding to Andy Burnham's speech at Labour Conference, Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey said:
29 Sep 2026
Press Releases
Press releases from the Lib Dem media team
Lib Dems call for emergency COBRA meeting following RAF Fairford security breach
The Liberal Democrats have today called on the Government to convene a COBRA meeting, following the suspected bomb plot at RAF Fairford over the weekend. Liberal Democrat Defence Spokesperson, James MacCleary MP, said:
28 Sep 2026
Faith in courts must be restored as backlog hits record high
Responding to the backlog of crown court cases reaching new highs in England and Wales, Liberal Democrat Justice Spokesperson, Jess Brown-Fuller MP, said:
24 Sep 2026
Lib Dems: Thames Water’s data protection “as leaky as its infrastructure” as party calls for company to be placed under special administration
Responding to reporting by BBC Radio 4 that Thames Water have been giving out customer information over the phone without completing adequate identity checks, Liberal Democrat MP for Witney and Thames Water campaigner Charlie Maynard said:
6 Oct 2025
Reform DOGE unit in Kent a “spectacular failure” for which Yusuf must “personally apologise”
Responding to reports that Reform’s DOGE unit in Kent has found no savings and is set to hike council tax, Daisy Cooper MP, Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats, said:
6 Oct 2025
Conservative economic plans shows “Trussonomics is still in full swing”
Responding to the Shadow Chancellor unveiling plans to make £47 billion worth of cuts to public spending, Liberal Democrat Treasury Spokesperson, Daisy Cooper MP said:
5 Oct 2025
Protest laws: Government approach will leave us with “worst of all worlds”
Responding to the Government's plans to give police new powers to target repeated protests, Liberal Democrat Home Affairs Spokesperson, Max Wilkinson MP said:
5 Oct 2025
Conservative plans to leave ECHR: Badenoch has chosen to back Farage and Putin
Responding to reports that Kemi Badenoch has announced the Conservative Party will leave the European on Human Rights should it win the next election, Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey said:
4 Oct 2025
Ed Davey: antisemitism, terrorism and hatred can be defeated
In a statement following the naming of the two men murdered yesterday in the Manchester synagogue attack, Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey said:
3 Oct 2025
Ed Davey statement on attack at synagogue in Manchester
Responding to the attack at a synagogue in Manchester, Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey said:
2 Oct 2025
EPC: Starmer must push for Greenland security package to fend off Trump’s “obsession” with breaching its sovereignty
Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey has called on Keir Starmer to use tomorrow’s European Political Community summit to agree a security package for Greenland to fend off Trump’s aggression.
2 Oct 2025
Conservative plans to scrap Climate Change Act: “only interested in following Farage”
Responding to the Conservative Party's plans to scrap the Climate Change Act, Liberal Democrat Energy Security and Net Zero Spokesperson Pippa Heylings MP said:
2 Oct 2025