GDP: Govt must now use UK-EU summit to boost growth
Responding to GDP growth of 0.2% for March and 0.7% over Q1 of 2025, Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP said:
15 May 2025
Press Releases
Press releases from the Lib Dem media team
Health Foundation social care report: Government’s “embrace of dither and delay” will see taxpayers “foot an ever growing bill”
Responding to a report from the Health Foundation, which showed that just preventing a further deterioration of social care will cost the government £9.1 bn by 2034/35, Liberal Democrat Care and Carers spokesperson, Alison Bennett MP said:
15 May 2025
Lib Dems say shocking hospital wait stats should “shake us to our core”
Responding to the Royal College of Emergency Medicine estimating that there were more than 16,600 deaths of patients linked to long waits in A&E for hospital beds last year, Liberal Democrat Health and Social Care spokesperson Helen Morgan MP said:
15 May 2025
Lib Dems call for a critical incident to be declared after unsafe maternity unit in Somerset forced to closed
Maternity services in Yeovil are to close for at least six months after a warning from the Care Quality Commission (CQC), a situation that has prompted local Liberal Democrat MP Adam Dance to call for a critical incident to be declared warning that it...
14 May 2025
PAC medical negligence report: staggering sums lay bare a health service that is “not functioning”
Responding to the Public Accounts Committee report, which condemned the ‘astronomical’ fees paid to medical negligence lawyers, Liberal Democrat Hospitals and Primary Care spokesperson Jess Brown-Fuller MP said:
14 May 2025
Vet MP meets rescue animals at Battersea Dogs & Cats Home as PMB on track to become law
Winchester MP and veterinary surgeon, Dr Danny Chambers, visited Battersea Dogs & Cats Home today [Tuesday 13th May] to discuss his Animal Welfare Bill and meet rescue dogs who have suffered from the abuses his bill aims to stop.
13 May 2025
Thames Water is "putting profit before public good" as CEO reveals they received a staggering 156% bonus
Responding to Thames Water bosses’ appearance before the Commons Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee today, the Liberal Democrats have said that the company is “putting profit before public good” and branded their executive bonuses “outrageous”.
13 May 2025
Liberal Democrats call on Government to “futureproof” infrastructure following reports of Underground failures
Responding to the news of major disruption across the London Underground network caused by a power failure, the Liberal Democrat Transport Spokesperson Paul Kohler has said:
12 May 2025
Care Workers: Change is urgently needed to fix the mess the Conservatives made
Commenting on the government's Immigration White Paper, Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Carers Alison Bennett MP said:
12 May 2025
Immigration: Clear plan needed to make it easier to recruit British workers for vacancies instead
Responding to the Government's new immigration policy, Liberal Democrat Home Affairs Spokesperson, Lisa Smart MP:
12 May 2025
Lib Dems table humble address to force Government to publish impact assessment of UK-US deal
The Liberal Democrats will table a humble address in Parliament this week to force the Government to publish its impact assessments of the agreement with the US announced last week.
12 May 2025
Lib Dems call on Government to ‘step up’ and pay care workers properly
Today, on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, the Home Secretary has confirmed the Government intends on ending visas for overseas care workers.
11 May 2025