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
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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
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
Interest rates: growth only way to end mortgage pain but jobs tax makes prospect as real as “Loch Ness monster”
Responding to interest rates being held at 4.5% and the Bank of England stating that ‘business survey indicators generally continue to suggest weakness in growth’, Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP said:
20 Mar 2025
Conservative election launch: "desperate" Kemi Badenoch attempting to rescue crumbling vote as home counties turn to the Liberal Democrats
Responding to Kemi Badenoch's local election launch event in Buckinghamshire, Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader Daisy Cooper said:
20 Mar 2025
ONS Business Insights: “alarm bells" should be going off in the Treasury ahead of Spring Statement
Responding to the ONS Business Insights and Conditions Survey which found 14% of trading businesses expect their turnover to fall in April, up four percentage points on last year, Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP said:
20 Mar 2025
Store closures: report should make clear to the Chancellor our high streets “simply cannot take any more financial pain”
Responding to a PwC report which found that 12,804 retail stores, leisure venues and service outlets closed in 2024, Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP said:
20 Mar 2025