Analysis from the Liberal Democrats, using survey data from Hospice UK and ONS weekly statistics on registered deaths, suggests that more than 12,000 people could face cuts to the hospice services that care for them. It follows revelations on Wednesday th
Responding to the ONS' latest jobs figures, which show that the rate of UK unemployment has risen and wage growth has fallen, Liberal Democrat Treasury Spokesperson Daisy Cooper said:
Responding to the Security Minister's claims in the Commons that the Deputy National Security Adviser was solely responsible for the evidence given to the CPS in the China spy trial, Liberal Democrat Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Calum Miller MP said:
The Liberal Democrats have urged Rishi Sunak to immediately call a COBRA meeting to deal with the crisis in unsafe buildings in schools, hospitals and homes and to treat the situation as a national emergency.
The Liberal Democrats have called on the government to provide urgent clarity over whether any hospital buildings or wards could face being closed due to fears over dangerous concrete.
The Liberal Democrats have called on the government to provide urgent clarity over whether any hospital buildings or wards could face being closed due to fears over dangerous concrete.
The winner of the Somerton and Frome by-election, Sarah Dyke, will today (Monday 4 September) arrive in Westminster to be sworn in as an MP.
The Government has refused to reveal which schools are affected by failing RAAC concrete. The Liberal Democrats are calling for the Government to release the list of schools affected.
Commenting on the news that a beam collapse prompted a warning to schools over concrete safety, the Liberal Democrats Spokersperson for Education, Munira Wilson MP said:
The Liberal Democrats have announced the party will step in and move the writ for the Mid Bedfordshire by-election as soon as Parliament returns on Monday (4 September), if the Conservatives refuse to do so.
Responding to reports in the Guardian which say, the government has told schools in England to immediately shut buildings made with aerated concrete until safety work is undertaken, Liberal Democrat Education Spokesperson Munira Wilson MP said:
Responding to the news that Grant Shapps has been appointed as the new Defence Secretary, Liberal Democrat Defence spokesperson Richard Foord MP said:
