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
Layla Moran urges PM to publish legal advice on Israel-Gaza conflict
The Liberal Democrats are urging Rishi Sunak to publish in full the Government’s legal advice on possible breaches of international humanitarian law in the Israel-Gaza conflict.
3 Nov 2023
Bob Stewart: Sunak must remove the whip
Responding to news that Conservative MP Bob Stewart has been found guilty of racially abusing an activist, Liberal Democrat Chief Whip Wendy Chamberlain MP said:
3 Nov 2023
More than 120 Met officers still working as normal while under investigation for sexual or domestic abuse
129 Met police officers are still working on the frontline while under investigation for allegations of sexual or domestic abuse, a Freedom of Information request by the Liberal Democrats has revealed.
3 Nov 2023
Interest rates: Cold comfort for the millions of hardworking families
Responding to the latest interest rates decision, Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Sarah Olney MP said:
2 Nov 2023
Crime victims waiting 13 hours for police to attend priority calls
Shocking new figures have revealed for the first time the local areas in the country with the slowest police response times.
2 Nov 2023
Davey: Conservative Ministers failed bereaved families
Responding to the COVID Inquiry that heard Boris Johnson was "obsessed with older people accepting their fate and letting the young get on with life and the economy going", Leader of the Liberal Democrats Ed Davey said:
2 Nov 2023
Reynolds: Number 10 Culture of Chaos laid bare
Responding to Martin Reynolds statements at the COVID inquiry, Liberal Democrat Health and Social Care spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP said:
30 Oct 2023
HSBC profits: Govt cut taxes for big banks over protecting people's mortgages
Responding to HSBC announcing it made quarterly profits of £6.35 billion, boosted by higher interest rates, and more than double what they were through the same period last year, Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Sarah Olney MP said:
30 Oct 2023
Over 3 in 4 car theft and burglaries go unsolved in “crime catastrophe”
New analysis from the Liberal Democrats of Home Office statistics has shown the shocking extent of rising burglaries, car thefts and other crimes going unsolved under this Conservative government.
27 Oct 2023