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
Inflation stats: Families struggling to get by because of Government's inaction and incompetence
Responding to the latest ONS figures showing inflation has reached 11.1%, Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Sarah Olney said:
16 Nov 2022
Conservatives failing to count cost of windfall tax loophole
The Liberal Democrats have accused the Conservatives of letting oil and gas giants off the hook, as a Conservative minister admitted the government is not even checking how much tax is being avoided through the glaring loophole in its windfall tax.
15 Nov 2022
ONS earnings figures: Economic mismanagement is leaving pay packets stretched further than ever
Responding to the latest ONS labour market and earnings figures which show pay falling in real terms, Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Sarah Olney MP said:
15 Nov 2022
Raab bullying: Lib Dems write to Cabinet Secretary demanding bullies be named
Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats Daisy Cooper has written the Simon Case, calling on the Cabinet Office to publish a list of Ministers who have credible allegations of bullying made against them.
14 Nov 2022
Hunt interview: More unfair tax hikes because the Conservative party crashed the economy
Responding to the Chancellor's interview on the Laura Kuenssberg show this morning, Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Sarah Olney said:
13 Nov 2022
Dominic Raab behaviour: Cabinet Office must investigate immediately
Responding to reports of civil servants being "traumatised" by Dominic Raab's behaviour in the Ministry of Justice, Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader Daisy Cooper said:
11 Nov 2022
Conservative stealth cuts leave up to 110,000 children without a free lunch
Up to 110,000 children may be missing out on a free school meal because the Government has frozen the eligibility threshold for four years. The Liberal Democrats have accused the Conservatives of using the freeze to snatch school lunches away from children by stealth.
11 Nov 2022
The Government have failed cancer patients
Responding to BBC analysis which shows there has been a sharp rise in long waits for cancer therapy in the past four years, Liberal Democrat Health Spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP said:
11 Nov 2022
Home repossessions increase significantly as budget sets off a mortgage ticking time bomb
New figures out today from the Ministry of Justice show that “mortgage claims, orders, warrants and repossessions have increased significantly”.
10 Nov 2022