Covid report: Govt must tackle crisis in our NHS, as matter of national security
Responding to the Covid inquiry report, in which it reveals that the NHS was close to collapse, Liberal Democrat Health Spokesperson Helen Morgan MP said:
19 Mar 2026
Press Releases
Press releases from the Lib Dem media team
Interest rates: “Trump-flation” forcing people to face “eyewatering” mortgage hikes
Responding to the Bank of England’s decision to hold interest rates at 3.75%, Liberal Democrat Treasury Spokesperson, Daisy Cooper MP, said:
19 Mar 2026
Lib Dems demand Government publish legal advice relating to deployment of UK military in the Strait of Hormuz
The Liberal Democrats have today written to the Attorney General to call for him to publish the full legal advice he shares with the Government concerning the possible deployment of UK armed forces in the Strait of Hormuz.
19 Mar 2026
Davey speech: Farage wants to turn UK into a “Trump tribute act”
Speaking at his party’s Spring Conference in Harrogate today, Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey will issue a rallying cry to take on the forces of populism in the UK, warning that Nigel Farage wants to turn “our great country into little more than a Trump.
24 Mar 2025
Lib Dems force vote on reversing local election delays: Conservatives must “do the right thing for democracy”
The Liberal Democrats have challenged the Conservatives to “do the right thing for democracy” and back their ‘fatal motion’ in the House of Lords today that would reinstate the delayed local elections.
24 Mar 2025
Cutting the Digital Services Tax while slashing welfare would be “robbing disabled people” to appease Musk and Trump
Responding to the Chancellor Rachel Reeves confirming the Government is in talks with the US about cutting the Digital Services Tax paid by social media giants, Liberal Democrat Treasury Spokesperson and Deputy Leader Daisy Cooper MP said:
24 Mar 2025
Rupert Lowe: Badenoch must rule out allowing MP to join Conservatives
Responding to reporting in the Sun that Rupert Lowe and senior Conservatives have been holding talks with the former Reform MP about joining the Party, Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader Daisy Cooper MP said:
24 Mar 2025
Davey speech: sneering Kemi Badenoch cares more about Twitter than fixing broken communities
Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey will today (Sunday 23 March) accuse Conservative Leader Kemi Badenoch of “sneering” at local communities and spending more time on social media than on tackling the issues people face.
22 Mar 2025
Lib Dems call for “end to corridor care” by end of the Parliament as data reveals 163,000 patients faced 12-hour trolley waits this winter
Liberal Democrat Health and Social Care spokesperson Helen Morgan will today (Saturday 22nd March) call on the Government to end “corridor care” in hospitals by the end of this Parliament, in a speech at the Party’s Spring Conference in Harrogate.
22 Mar 2025
Davey: Govt must seize £25bn of frozen Russian assets not "cower" behind legal processes
Responding to the Treasury releasing new data that shows UK sanctions have led to over £25 billion of Russian assets being frozen, Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey said:
21 Mar 2025
Borrowing figures: Reeves has “failed to turn the page” on stagnant economy
Responding to the latest borrowing figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), which showed a sharp rise in borrowing, Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP said:
21 Mar 2025
Shadow minister suggests Tory-Reform pact: Badenoch must sack him
The Liberal Democrats have called on Kemi Badenoch to sack a Shadow Minister who suggested a Conservative pact with Reform, warning that the “wheels are already coming off the Tory local election campaign within hours of it being launched.”
20 Mar 2025