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
Thames Water appeal: Govt must put company into special administration
Responding to the news that the court has rejected his appeal to prevent Thames Water from an additional £3 billion bail out, MP for Witney Charlie Maynard said:
17 Mar 2025
OECD: Chancellor cannot ignore “steady drumbeat of economic misery”
Responding to the OECD revising down their 2025 growth forecast for the UK by 0.3 percentage points to 1.4%, Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP said:
17 Mar 2025
NHS England: Same urgency must now be shown for social care
Responding to the Health Secretary, Wes Streeting, speaking this morning on scrapping NHS England, Liberal Democrat Health and Social Care Spokesperson, Helen Morgan said:
16 Mar 2025
Davey on PM’s virtual summit: only way to achieve peace is to strengthen Ukraine’s hand by seizing frozen Russian assets
Responding to the Prime Minister's virtual meeting with world leaders to discuss Ukraine, Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey said:
15 Mar 2025
GDP: Reeves’s plan for growth leaves “economy on life support”
Responding to GDP shrinking by 0.1% in January, Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP said:
14 Mar 2025
NHS England: welcome steps but won’t matter unless Streeting “stops ignoring the elephant in the room”
Responding to Wes Streeting’s statement in the Commons on scrapping NHS England, Liberal Democrat Health and Social Care spokesperson Helen Morgan MP said:
13 Mar 2025
Davey on PM speech: "we'll never fix the NHS unless we fix social care"
Responding to the Prime Minister's speech this morning, Ed Davey, who is also in Hull and East Yorkshire today, said:
13 Mar 2025
Davey calls for “polluters to pay” for North Sea clean up and for emergency government summit following ship collision in visit to Hull
Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey and Hull Council Leader Mike Ross have today called for “the polluters to pay” for any clean up of the North Sea following this week’s ship collision, as well as for an emergency summit in Yorkshire
13 Mar 2025
PM speech: Starmer "tinkering around the edges"
Commenting ahead of the Prime Minister’s speech today [Thursday 13th March], Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey said:
12 Mar 2025