Responding to the Foreign Secretary’s statement today, on illegal settlements in the West Bank, Liberal Democrat Foreign Affairs Spokesperson, Calum Miller MP, said:
The Liberal Democrats have criticised the Government following its decision to vote down amendments to the Health Bill, aimed at transforming safety standards across British maternity services.
Responding to the Government’s decision to pause plans for Local Government reorganisation in light of new legal advice, Liberal Democrat Local Government Spokesperson Zöe Franklin MP said:
Ahead of the UK-EU Summit, Lib Dem leader Ed Davey has urged the Prime Minister to be "bold and ambitious for our country" and ignore "dinosaurs fighting old battles" in Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage.
The Centre for European Reform claims that a Youth Mobility Scheme could add 0.45% to GDP over the long-term. New House of Commons Library analysis commissioned by the Liberal Democrats suggests that such growth could add roughly £5 billion to exchequer..
The Liberal Democrats have sent a letter to Labour MPs urging them to back closer trade ties with the EU to boost the public finances and avoid “savage” cuts to support for vulnerable families and pensioners.
Responding to comments by the Prime Minister that a Youth Mobility Scheme could be part of a new UK-EU deal, Liberal Democrat Europe Spokesperson James MacCleary said:
A record low of 37% of frontline health service staff took up flu jabs this winter, with some areas seeing less than one in 10 receive the vaccine. This came as hospitals battled a surge in those admitted due to the disease, House of Commons Library...
Responding to the EFRA committee’s report saying that the Government must rethink the family farm tax, Tim Farron MP, Liberal Democrat Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Spokesperson, said:
Ahead of the European Political Community Summit today (16th May), Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey said:
Following the revelation that the Labour Government will legislate to allow foreign states to own up to 15% of British newspapers, the Liberal Democrats will move to dismantle the new rules via a Fatal Motion – a rare parliamentary device that would...
Following Kemi Badenoch’s speech to the International Democracy Union, James MacCleary MP, Liberal Democrat Europe Spokesperson, said:
