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
Uber Ambulance: Thousands in need of urgent care making their own way to A&E
There has been a near 40% increase in the number of patients in need of “very urgent emergency care” making their own way to A&E over the past five years, Freedom of Information requests (FOIs) by the LiberalDemocrats have revealed.
1 May 2024
Lib Dems: Protect swimming pools and leisure centres from closure with “critical health infrastructure” status
The Liberal Democrats have called for swimming pools and leisure centres to be designated as “critical health infrastructure” to protect them from closure.
29 Apr 2024
250,000 shoplifting offences go unsolved up 47% on previous year
Nearly 250,000 shoplifting cases went unsolved across England and Wales - a shocking 47% increase from the previous year, analysis by the Liberal Democrats has revealed.
29 Apr 2024
Dr. Who? Poll finds half of Brits rarely or never see the same GP
New polling commissioned by the Liberal Democrats has led to the government being warned “the family GP is a thing of the past”, with people reporting to never see the same GP for every appointment.
29 Apr 2024
£291 million spent on Rwanda could fund almost 7 million GP appointments instead
At a Public Accounts Committee meeting last week, Home Office officials admitted that further £50 million will be paid to the Rwanda Government as soon as the Conservative’s Rwanda Bill is passed into law.
25 Apr 2024
Shoplifting: Govt has let epidemic get out of control
Responding to the latest figures showing that shoplifting has hit its highest level in over 20 years, LiberalDemocrat Home Affairs spokesperson, Alistair Carmichael MP said:
25 Apr 2024
Corridor care: Elderly patients waiting over five days on hospital trolleys
Some elderly patients were left waiting up to five days on trolleys in A&E last year, shocking figures uncovered by the Liberal Democrats have shown.
25 Apr 2024
Nearly 6,000 crimes went unsolved every day in 2023
The Liberal Democrats have accused the Conservative Government of overseeing an “unsolved crime epidemic” as new statistics reveal that more than 2 million crimes went unsolved in 2023, or 5,993 crimes on average every single day.
25 Apr 2024
Sewage: Conservative MPs vote to weaken Ofwat powers
This afternoon, Conservative MPs have voted in favour of weakening the water regulator’s ability to take enforcement action on water companies.
24 Apr 2024