NHS figures show that clinical negligence payouts for maternity rose to £1.3 billion last year, up 13% on 2023/24’s figure of £1.15 billion with total payouts hitting a record high in 2024/25.
Responding to reporting that Number 10 appointed Peter Mandelson as US Ambassador despite the security services expressing concern, Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader Daisy Cooper MP said:
Responding to a BBC investigation into the stamp duty paid on Nigel Farage’s house in Clacton, Liberal Democrat Cabinet Office spokesperson Sarah Olney MP said:
Funding for GP practices has been slashed by £350 million in real terms since 2019, House of Commons Library research commissioned by the Liberal Democrats has revealed.
The UK Statistics Authority (UKSA) has criticised Rishi Sunak over his claim to have “cleared” the asylum backlog earlier this month, despite the latest figures showing the total backlog of asylum cases is over 99,000.
Responding to Rishi Sunak's press conference on the Conservative government's Rwanda policy, Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey said:
A Liberal Democrat FOI has found that there have been 218,005 admissions to hospital for rotting teeth, including more than 100,000 child admissions, since 2018.
Following the Rwanda Bill passing through Committee stage with no amendments, Liberal Democrat Home Affairs spokesperson Alistair Carmichael MP said:
The Prime Minister failed to commit to delivering on the Conservative party’s 2019 manifesto pledge to build 40 new hospitals or to fix those that are currently crumbling when pressed at PMQs today.
Responding to the lastest inflation figures, the Liberal Democrats Treasury Spokesperson Sarah Olney MP said:
Responding to the reports that Lee Anderson and Brendan Clarke Smith have resigned, the Liberal Democrats Home Affairs Spokesperson Alistair Carmichael MP said:
Written Parliamentary Questions (WPQs) from Liberal Democrat MP, Sarah Olney, have revealed £460,938 has been spent on pest control on the Parliamentary Estate since 2020.
