Responding to the government commissioned review into the profitability of farms by former NFU head Minette Batters, Liberal Democrats Spokesperson for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Tim Farron MP, said:
Responding to the latest NHS statistics, that show an average of 3140 in hospital beds for flu per day, up from 2660 last week, Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey said:
Following the Government announcement that the UK is set to rejoin the Erasmus scheme, Liberal Democrat Universities and Skills Spokesperson Ian Sollom MP said:
Today [Monday 17th April], Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords will be pushing a vote on their amendment to the Energy Bill which would prevent the Government from opening new coal mines in England.
Individual potholes are taking over eighteen months to be repaired in some areas, new figures have revealed.
Commenting on today's warning from the Local Government Association not to underestimate the difficulties Voter ID will cause for local authorities, Liberal Democrat Spokesperson Helen Morgan MP said:
The number of people waiting for NHS treatment has risen to a new record high of 7.22 million, new figures reveal today, despite Rishi Sunak’s New Year pledge that “NHS waiting lists will fall”.
The Liberal Democrats have warned that fly-tipping has been “effectively legalised”, after analysis revealed fewer than one in 500 incidents last year led to a prosecution.
Responding to the Home Office announcement on cutting police force red tape, Liberal Democrat Home Affairs Spokesperson Alistair Carmichael MP said:
There were over 3,000 “monster” sewage dumps into Britain’s rivers and coastlines last year, up 63% on the previous year, new analysis by the Liberal Democrats has revealed.
The Liberal Democrats have called on Secretary of State for Health Steve Barclay and all other Health Ministers to have their pay docked for their failure to negotiate with striking junior doctors.
New figures uncovered by the Liberal Democrats have revealed a stark rural and urban divide over dangerous ambulance delays, with heart attack victims in some areas waiting over one hour and forty minutes.
