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
Press Releases
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
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
Food security: Stats are reminder of the importance of farming communities to the UK
Commenting on the latest DEFRA food security report, which reveals that the proportion of food secure households declined from 92% in financial year ending 2020 to 90% in financial year ending 2023.
12 Dec 2024
Early years funding: Grant will be wiped out by NICs hike - exempt childcare providers now
Responding to the Government's announcement of a £2 billion funding package for early years provision, Munira Wilson MP, Liberal Democrat Education Spokesperson, said:
11 Dec 2024
Davey: NAO report reveals “staggering” scale of Carer’s Allowance scandal
Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey has called for an immediate halt to Carer’s Allowance repayment demands, as a new report from the National Audit Office lays bare the extent of the scandal.
11 Dec 2024
Lib Dems table new bill to close domestic abuse loopholes in prison early release scheme
Liberal Democrat Justice Spokesperson Josh Babarinde MP has tabled a bill that would create a specific set of domestic abuse aggravated offences in the law.
11 Dec 2024