Ed Davey: Kemi Badenoch facing a “reckoning at the ballot box” as former Conservative voters rally behind Liberal Democrats
Commenting ahead of the local elections on Thursday, Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey said:
30 Apr 2025
Press Releases
Press releases from the Lib Dem media team
Burglaries and shoplifting "decriminalised" as most offences don’t result in a suspect being charged
The Liberal Democrats have warned that burglaries and shoplifting are being effectively “decriminalised,” after shocking figures uncovered by the party show how few of these offences resulted in a suspect being charged last year.
29 Apr 2025
Lib Dems call for Fly-Tipping Fighting Fund
The Government has announced that fly-tipping offenders could face up to five years in prison. This comes as a Liberal Democrat poll reveals that over half of UK adults have witnessed the blight of fly-tipping in their local area. Commenting, Liberal...
29 Apr 2025
Homelessness figures: Ban no fault evictions before more families made homeless
The Liberal Democrats have called on the government urgently to bring in a ban on no fault evictions, after the latest homelessness figures revealed that 34,220 households were threatened with homelessness between October and December last year.
1 May 2024
Uber Ambulance: Thousands in need of urgent care making their own way to A&E
There has been a near 40% increase in the number of patients in need of “very urgent emergency care” making their own way to A&E over the past five years, Freedom of Information requests (FOIs) by the LiberalDemocrats have revealed.
1 May 2024
Lib Dems: Protect swimming pools and leisure centres from closure with “critical health infrastructure” status
The Liberal Democrats have called for swimming pools and leisure centres to be designated as “critical health infrastructure” to protect them from closure.
29 Apr 2024
250,000 shoplifting offences go unsolved up 47% on previous year
Nearly 250,000 shoplifting cases went unsolved across England and Wales - a shocking 47% increase from the previous year, analysis by the Liberal Democrats has revealed.
29 Apr 2024
Dr. Who? Poll finds half of Brits rarely or never see the same GP
New polling commissioned by the Liberal Democrats has led to the government being warned “the family GP is a thing of the past”, with people reporting to never see the same GP for every appointment.
29 Apr 2024
£291 million spent on Rwanda could fund almost 7 million GP appointments instead
At a Public Accounts Committee meeting last week, Home Office officials admitted that further £50 million will be paid to the Rwanda Government as soon as the Conservative’s Rwanda Bill is passed into law.
25 Apr 2024
Shoplifting: Govt has let epidemic get out of control
Responding to the latest figures showing that shoplifting has hit its highest level in over 20 years, LiberalDemocrat Home Affairs spokesperson, Alistair Carmichael MP said:
25 Apr 2024
Corridor care: Elderly patients waiting over five days on hospital trolleys
Some elderly patients were left waiting up to five days on trolleys in A&E last year, shocking figures uncovered by the Liberal Democrats have shown.
25 Apr 2024
Nearly 6,000 crimes went unsolved every day in 2023
The Liberal Democrats have accused the Conservative Government of overseeing an “unsolved crime epidemic” as new statistics reveal that more than 2 million crimes went unsolved in 2023, or 5,993 crimes on average every single day.
25 Apr 2024