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
Revealed: 15 years of NHS ambulance time wasted already this winter - up from 10.5 years last year
15 years of ambulance time was wasted through handover delays in the first two weeks of this winter alone - up from 10.5 years over the same period last year, research by the Liberal Democrats has revealed.
16 Dec 2024
Davey pledges to do a sky-dive if ‘Love is Enough’ gets 10,000 downloads
Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey has pledged that he will do a sky-dive in the new year if his Christmas single ‘Love is Enough’ gets at least 10,000 downloads next week, as it vies for the Christmas Number One spot.
13 Dec 2024
GDP: Govt must reverse NICs hike on small business
Commenting on the latest GDP figures showing there was a 0.1% drop in October, Liberal Democrat Treasury Spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP said:
13 Dec 2024
Flu ‘tidal wave’: new government cannot allow this crisis to spiral
Responding to the NHS stating that a ‘tidal wave’ of flu is hitting hospitals with the number of patients with flu in hospitals being 3.5 times higher that the same time last year, Liberal Democrat Health and Social Care spokesperson Helen Morgan MP said:
12 Dec 2024
Court backlogs: it is a disgrace that victims have to wait years for justice
Responding to the latest data on court backlogs showing that at the end of September 2024 there were 16,505 cases that had been open for a year or more, Liberal Democrat Justice spokesperson Josh Babarinde MP said:
12 Dec 2024
Ed Davey to meet with young carers as polling finds seven in ten think government doesn’t support them enough
Seven in ten (70%) UK adults think that the government’s support for young carers is not enough, new polling commissioned by the Liberal Democrats has revealed.
12 Dec 2024
Housebuilding overhaul: housing should be community led, not dictated from Whitehall diktat
Responding to the Government's housing plans, including mandatory higher housing targets for councils, Liberal Democrat Housing and Planning spokesperson Gideon Amos MP said:
12 Dec 2024
Food security: Stats are reminder of the importance of farming communities to the UK
Commenting on the latest DEFRA food security report, which reveals that the proportion of food secure households declined from 92% in financial year ending 2020 to 90% in financial year ending 2023.
12 Dec 2024
Early years funding: Grant will be wiped out by NICs hike - exempt childcare providers now
Responding to the Government's announcement of a £2 billion funding package for early years provision, Munira Wilson MP, Liberal Democrat Education Spokesperson, said:
11 Dec 2024