Starmer must rule out conceding to Trump on digital services tax
Responding to reporting that Trump has threatened increased tariffs on countries that tax US tech companies, Ed Davey, Liberal Democrat leader, said:
26 Aug 2025
Press Releases
Press releases from the Lib Dem media team
Dash Questionnaire “doesn’t work”: Urgent review into approach to domestic abuse needed
Responding to the news that Safeguarding Minister Jess Phillips has admitted the main screening tool used to decide which domestic abuse victims get urgent support "doesn't work", Liberal Democrat Justice Spokesperson Josh Babarinde MP said:
26 Aug 2025
Reform press conference: Farage wants to follow Putin and tear up our hard-won rights
Responding to Reform's press conference this morning, Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader Daisy Cooper said
26 Aug 2025
Lib Dems: water regulation in our country is broken
Responding to the news that the number of the most serious water pollution incidents went up by 60% last year, Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Tim Farron said:
18 Jul 2025
Afghanistan data leak “devastating” — Government must launch inquiry
Responding to the latest reporting on the Afghanistan data leak, Helen Maguire MP, Liberal Democrat Defence Spokesperson and ex-Iraq military captain, said:
17 Jul 2025
Voting reforms: Elon Musk-shaped hole in Govt's announcement
Commenting on the Government's announcement on voting reforms, Liberal Democrat Cabinet Office spokesperson Sarah Olney MP said:
17 Jul 2025
Workforce figures: public "desperately" needs a govt focused on getting growth back on track
Responding to the latest workforce figures, which show the labour market continuing to weaken, with higher unemployment and slowing wage growth, Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP said:
17 Jul 2025
Davey speech warns of Farage’s plan to tie Britain to Putin’s Russia
Speaking at the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey has given a speech setting out his plan to halve energy bills by 2035 saying that it would be an “energy policy in the service of the British people”.
16 Jul 2025
Ed Davey calls for public inquiry into Afghan data leak and unprecedented superinjunction
Ed Davey has called for a public inquiry into the MOD data leak that put at risk the lives of up to 25,000 Afghans who supported the British campaign in Afghanistan, and the unprecedented superinjunction used to keep it hidden from the public for years.
16 Jul 2025
Lib Dems: Bolster energy security to tackle "stubbornly high" inflation
Responding to June’s inflation figure of 3.6%, Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP said:
16 Jul 2025
Ed Davey sets out plan to halve energy bills in a decade and takes on Farage’s fossil fuel myths
In a major speech on the economy today [Wednesday], Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey will set out his party’s plan to halve energy bills for a typical household by 2035.
15 Jul 2025
Lib Dems on Reeves speech: "spaghetti junction of red tape" between country and continent
Commenting on the Chancellor’s Mansion House speech in which Rachel Reeves announced cutting regulation for financial services, Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP said:
15 Jul 2025