Lib Dems say Reeves advance budget speech “wasn't pitch rolling, it was pointless”
Responding to Rachel Reeves’ speech ahead of the budget, Daisy Cooper, Treasury Spokesperson for the Liberal Democrats, said:
4 Nov 2025
Press Releases
Press releases from the Lib Dem media team
Reeves Budget speech: “entering the last chance saloon”
Responding to reports regarding the Chancellor's speech tomorrow on economic choices and the Budget, Daisy Cooper MP, Liberal Democrat Treasury Spokesperson, said:
4 Nov 2025
Reform will “betray pensioners” if it reaches Number 10 as Farage fails to rule out changes to triple lock
Responding to Nigel Farage failing to rule out changes to the triple lock if he was in Government, Liberal Democrat Treasury Spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP said:
3 Nov 2025
Dash Questionnaire “doesn’t work”: Urgent review into approach to domestic abuse needed
Responding to the news that Safeguarding Minister Jess Phillips has admitted the main screening tool used to decide which domestic abuse victims get urgent support "doesn't work", Liberal Democrat Justice Spokesperson Josh Babarinde MP said:
26 Aug 2025
Reform press conference: Farage wants to follow Putin and tear up our hard-won rights
Responding to Reform's press conference this morning, Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader Daisy Cooper said
26 Aug 2025
Lib Dems: Time for Govt to “face the music” after TfL announces public campaign to crack down on headphone dodgers
Responding to the news that TfL has launched a campaign to encourage customers to use headphones on public transport, Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Transport and Wimbledon MP Paul Kohler has said:
26 Aug 2025
New US tariffs: Ministers "asleep as the wheel" whilst Trump punishes British businesses
Responding to the news that British manufacturers have been left reeling after the White House imposed a huge expansion of goods which will face US import tariffs, Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader and Treasury Spokesperson Daisy Cooper said:
24 Aug 2025
800 shoplifting cases going unsolved a day as police chiefs accused of “passing the buck” to the public
Almost 800 shoplifting cases a day went unsolved in England and Wales last year, shocking figures uncovered by the Liberal Democrats have revealed, up 18% on the previous year.
22 Aug 2025
Surrey Shambles: Conservatives lose majority control of county council after historic Lib Dem by-election win
Today, the Liberal Democrats are celebrating an historic by-election win in Hinchley, Claygate and Oxshott which has left the Conservatives in a “shambles” and without majority control of Surrey County Council for the first time since the 1990s.
22 Aug 2025
Ed Davey calls on Government to block Elon Musk’s Tesla energy application
Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey has written to the Energy Secretary demanding that Elon Musk’s application to provide energy to UK homes is blocked under national security concerns.
22 Aug 2025
Lib Dems urge Labour not to ‘turn their back’ on London amidst proposed council funding cuts
The Liberal Democrats have urged Labour to not ‘turn their back’ on London amidst the government’s proposed changes to council funding allocation as part of the Fair Funding Review 2.0.
22 Aug 2025
Rising numbers in asylum hotels: Govt must speed up processing to get backlog down
Responding to this morning's immigration figures showing a rise over the past year in the number of asylum seekers housed in hotels, Liberal Democrat Home Affairs spokesperson Lisa Smart MP said:
21 Aug 2025