Lib Dems: Burnham must show backbone with Trump
As tensions between the United States and Iran escalate, Liberal Democrat Foreign Affairs Spokesperson, Calum Miller MP, said:
9 Jul 2026
Press Releases
Press releases from the Lib Dem media team
Lib Dems call on Andy Burnham to back £1.5bn plan to end corridor care as latest A&E figures reveal A&E perma-crisis
NHS statistics released today [Thursday 9th July 2026] have revealed that the service had record Accident and Emergency (A&E) attendances in June 2026, and that corridor care has risen in a month (May to June) by several thousand beds.
9 Jul 2026
‘Avanti Andy’ needs to realise Britain doesn’t start at Euston and terminate at Manchester Piccadilly, says Ed Davey
Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey will visit Torbay this Friday [10th July] to issue to issue a stark warning to presumptive Prime Minister Andy Burnham.
9 Jul 2026
Revealed: 1.5 million patients waited 12 hours or more in A&E in past year
A staggering 1.5 million patients in England waited 12 hours or more after arriving at A&E over the past year, new analysis by the Liberal Democrats has revealed.
11 Feb 2024
OfWat fines: A gimmick. Money should go back in people's pockets
Responding to the embargoed announcement by Ofwat, Liberal Democrat Environment spokesperson Tim Farron MP said:
11 Feb 2024
Crumbling schools: Govt must stop sitting on its hands and speed up rebuilding
Commenting on today’s news that an additional 3 schools have been identified as having RAAC and 119 schools need to be rebuilt, Liberal Democrat Education spokesperson, Munira Wilson MP said:
11 Feb 2024
No fault-evictions: PM must deliver on his government's promises
Responding to figures that show no-fault evictions spiked by almost a third last year, Liberal DemocratHousing spokesperson, Helen Morgan MP said:
11 Feb 2024
17% spike in children's tooth extractions: If dental care under this Conservative government was a tooth, it would need extraction
The latest NHS figures show that there has been a 17% increase in the number of tooth decay related tooth extractions for children in 2022-23 compared to the previous year. Over the period there were 47,581 total extractions in those aged 0-19.
11 Feb 2024
A&E waits: This Conservative government is a catastrophe for our NHS
The latest NHS data has revealed that the number of people waiting more than 12 hours in A&E departments from a decision to admit them to actually being admitted hit 54,308 in January, up sharply from 44,045 in December.
11 Feb 2024
NHS waiting lists: Sunak’s broken pledge having “catastrophic impact”
The latest NHS figures show that waiting lists have grown by almost 400,000 to 7.6 million since Rishi Sunak made his pledge to cut them in January 2023.
8 Feb 2024
Dentist dossier: Five Conservative failures on dental care
Liberal Democrats have published a dentist dossier with five failures from the Government on dental care:
8 Feb 2024
2.2 million people’s work impacted by being stuck on NHS waiting lists
Around 2.2 million people are seeing their work impacted by being stuck on waiting lists for NHS treatment, including many going on long-term sick leave or reducing their hours, analysis by the Liberal Democrats has revealed.
8 Feb 2024