Healey plans will "barely shift the dial" until Europe trade barriers dropped
Responding to Chancellor John Healey’s speech on economic growth and investment, Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader Daisy Cooper MP said:
7 Sep 2026
Press Releases
Press releases from the Lib Dem media team
JLR job cuts show Government growth mission "falling far short"
Responding to reports that Jaguar Land Rover is set to cut up to 4,000 jobs, Liberal Democrat Business spokesperson, Sarah Olney MP, said:
6 Sep 2026
Davey calls for £1bn farming lifeline and urgent Bluetongue taskforce to protect British food security
During a visit to a farm in Cumbria on Friday [4th September 2026], Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey will join Liberal Democrat Environment spokesperson, Tim Farron MP to call on the Government to deploy a rapid taskforce to lead on Bluetongue vaccination
4 Sep 2026
Local elections: Sunak must listen to country and call a General Election
Responding to the overnight results in the local elections, Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader Daisy Cooper MP said:
9 May 2024
Polls close: Voters want an end to this appalling Conservative government
Responding to polls closing for this year’s local elections, Leader of the Liberal Democrats Ed Davey said:
9 May 2024
OECD report: This Conservative govt is economically illiterate
Responding to the OECD report which says that the UK will have the slowest growth of the largest developed nations next year, Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson, Sarah Olney MP said:
9 May 2024
Davey: Time for Sunak to face the music
Commenting on the opening of polls for the 2024 Local Elections today, Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey said:
1 May 2024
Up to 1 million pensioners in Tory seats to be dragged into paying income tax
New analysis from the Liberal Democrats has shown that a staggering 1 million pensioners in Conservative seats could be forced to pay income tax due to the Government’s stealth taxes.
1 May 2024
Conservatives “legalising car theft” as over three in four cases go unsolved
The Liberal Democrats have accused the Conservative Government of “legalising car theft” as new figures reveal that in 2023, three in four car theft cases went unsolved and police took up to 24 hours to respond to calls.
1 May 2024
Waters containing shellfish suffer from 200,000 hours worth of sewage
This year saw a large jump in the number of hours sewage was discharged into waters containing shellfish, Liberal Democrat analysis of Environment Agency data shows.
1 May 2024
First Rwanda flight is "cynical nonsense"
Responding to the reports in the Sun that Britain has removed the first failed asylum seeker to Rwanda, Liberal Democrat Home Affairs Spokesperson Alistair Carmichael MP said:
1 May 2024
Ed Davey says voters are fed up with “out of touch Conservatives” on visit to Tunbridge Wells
On Wednesday 1st May Ed Davey will be making a final local elections campaign visit to the key blue wall battleground of Tunbridge Wells.
1 May 2024