Davey: Give Ukraine a critical boost using frozen Russian assets
Commenting on the third anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey said:
23 Feb 2025
Press Releases
Press releases from the Lib Dem media team
Nearly 270,000 shoplifting cases went unsolved last year
New Home Office figures reveal that in the year ending September 2024, 269,237 shoplifting cases were closed without a suspect being identified in England and Wales - a shocking 19% increase from the previous year.
21 Feb 2025
Youth Mobility Scheme: "victory for common sense"
Commenting on reporting that Starmer has put an UK-EU Youth Mobility Scheme on the table in his reset with Brussels, James MacCleary MP, Liberal Democrat Europe Spokeperson, said:
21 Feb 2025
Barclay interview: Jumble of jargon can't hide Conservative failures
Responding to Health Secretary Steve Barclay's interview on the Laura Kuenssberg show this morning, Liberal Democrat Health spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP said:
21 Nov 2022
IFS analysis: Conservative ministers are economic vandals
Responding to IFS analysis of the Autumn Statement today, Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey said:
18 Nov 2022
Squeezed middled pushed to the brink by Conservative's Cost of Chaos budget
In response to Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's morning round following yesterday's Autumn Statement, Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Sarah Olney said:
18 Nov 2022
5 Hidden Horrors in the Autumn Statement
The Liberal Democrats have revealed five “hidden horrors” buried in the small print in the Autumn Statement, including a staggering £18bn of tax cuts for the banks while almost six million people are dragged into a higher rate of tax.
18 Nov 2022
Conservative giveaway to big banks set to cost taxpayers £18 billion
Hunt slashes Bank Surcharge while raising taxes on struggling families. Conservative cuts to Bank Surcharge and Bank Levy to total £18bn over next 5 years. Liberal Democrat Leader calls for bank tax cuts to be reversed to fund Mortgage Protection Fund for homeowners seeing payments skyrocket.
17 Nov 2022
Budget: Everyone being forced to pay the price for Conservative chaos
Responding to the Autumn Statement, Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Sarah Olney said:
17 Nov 2022
Families face near £5,000 bombshell from Autumn Statement
A typical family could face an eye-watering £4,900 triple whammy hit from today’s Autumn Statement, analysis by the Liberal Democrats has revealed.
17 Nov 2022
Raab investigation: "another Conservative stitch up"
Responding to the news that Rishi Sunak will personally select the investigator for Dominic Raab's bullying allegations, Liberal Democrat Chief Whip Wendy Chamberlain MP said:
16 Nov 2022
Raab: Ethics advisor must be appointed to stop a whitewash report
Responding to Dominic Raab requesting an investigation into allegations of bullying made against him, Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader Daisy Cooper said:
16 Nov 2022