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: Badenoch’s refusal to condemn Musk’s dangerous rhetoric is “cowardly”
Responding to Kemi Badenoch’s recent LBC appearance, Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader Daisy Cooper MP said:
17 Sep 2025
Lib Dems warn Government risks plunging country into a “new era of stagflation”
Responding to inflation remaining at 3.8%, Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP said:
17 Sep 2025
UK-US tech deal: Govt must not sacrifice protections for children online
Responding to the UK and US agreeing a new tech deal as Trump arrives for his state visit, Liberal Democrat Science, Innovation & Technology Victoria Collins MP said:
16 Sep 2025
Government ‘throws in the towel’ to Trump on UK steel, say Liberal Democrats
The Liberal Democrats have accused the Government of having ‘thrown in the towel’ to Donald Trump, after reports that ministers have quietly shelved plans to cut US steel tariffs just hours before the President’s state visit to the UK.
16 Sep 2025
Davey: What is happening in Gaza is a genocide and Trump is doing nothing to stop it
Commenting on the eve of Trump's state visit, and following the UN's independent commission of inquiry finding that Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey said:
16 Sep 2025
Liberal Democrats call for UN summit to be relocated to Geneva if Trump blocks Palestinians from attending
Ed Davey and all Liberal Democrat MPs have written to Keir Starmer calling on him to push for next week’s UN Summit to be relocated to Geneva if President Trump continues to block Palestinian officials from attending.
16 Sep 2025
Lib Dems: Marie Caulfield defection proves Farage “not serious” about NHS
Responding to the news that ex-Conservative MP Marie Caulfield has defected to Reform, the Liberal Democrats have said this proves Farage is “not serious” about fixing our NHS.
16 Sep 2025
Labour market stats: self sabotage from the Govt
Responding to the latest labour market figures which show unemployment has risen, Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP said:
16 Sep 2025
Ed Davey calls for vote in Parliament on US-UK tech deal to prevent a “Silicon Valley stitch up”
Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey has today demanded that the Government puts its proposed US-UK tech deal to a vote in Parliament, warning that failure to do so would amount to a “Silicon Valley stitch up”.
15 Sep 2025