Davey: Starmer can't fix cost of living crisis without dropping red lines on Europe
Responding to Keir Starmer’s ‘fresh direction’ speech, Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey, said:
11 May 2026
Press Releases
Press releases from the Lib Dem media team
Ed Davey calls on Labour leadership contenders to drop red lines on EU
Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey has called on the Labour leadership contenders Andy Burnham, Angela Rayner and Wes Streeting to commit to dropping Labour's ‘red lines’ on Europe, to boost the economy and tackle the cost-of-living crisis.
10 May 2026
Lib Dems: Kemi Badenoch is at the "height of hypocrisy" over the Iran War
Responding to comments made by Kemi Badenoch on the Today programme, where she criticised Donald Trump’s lack of plan for his conflict in Iran and condemned the Government’s lack of a plan for defence, Liberal Democrat Foreign Affairs spokesperson Calum M
5 May 2026
Darren Jones disability comments: owes an apology to the hundreds of thousands his Government “pushed into poverty”
Responding to Darren Jones’s comments on comparing cuts to disability benefits to cutting his children’s pocket money, Liberal Democrat Work and Pensions spokesperson Steve Darling MP, who is himself registered blind, said:
26 Mar 2025
Chancellor “flying blind” into a Trump trade war that would leave her plans in tatters
A Donald Trump trade war could hit GDP by 1% by 2029/30, the OBR has warned, leaving the Chancellor’s plans “in tatters.” The OBR said that if there are 20 percentage point rises in tariffs between the US and the rest of the world...
26 Mar 2025
Revealed: Welfare double whammy as 150,000 family carers hit on top of 800,000 losing PIP
150,000 family carers will lose out on their Carer’s Allowance as a result of the government’s welfare changes by 2029/30, the DWP’s own impact assessment has revealed.
26 Mar 2025
Spring Statement: Government is "fiddling while Rome burns"
Responding to the Chancellor's Spring Statement, Liberal Democrat Treasury Spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP said:
26 Mar 2025
Inflation figures will be of 'no comfort' to millions of families
Responding to this mornings figures from the Office for National Statistics which show UK inflation has to fallen to 2.8%, Liberal Democrat Treasury Spokesperson, Daisy Cooper MP, said:
26 Mar 2025
Spring Statement: Chancellor must scrap jobs tax or risk "epidemic of empty shop fronts"
Ahead of the Chancellor delivering her Spring Statement today, Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP said:
25 Mar 2025
Black Sea deal: Trump has “had the wool pulled over his eyes”
Responding to reporting that the US “will help restore Russia’s access to the world market” as part of the Black Sea ceasefire, Calum Miller MP, Liberal Democrat Foreign Affairs Spokesperson, said:
25 Mar 2025
“Absolute scandal” that Ofwat has taken years to open bonus consultation
Commenting on Ofwat’s decision to consult on bonuses for executives, Tim Farron MP, Liberal Democrat Environment Spokesperson, said:
25 Mar 2025
Govt rejects NICs relief for health and care providers in “shocking display of apathy”
Responding to the Government voting for a second time to reject Liberal Democrat amendments which would have permitted health and care providers to be exempt from the National Insurance rise, and permitted hospitals and healthcare settings to be exempt...
25 Mar 2025