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
Somerset by-election winner visits Mid Bedfordshire as odds slashed on another Lib Dem win
The Liberal Democrats are the bookies' favourite to win the Mid Bedfordshire by-election and take another Blue Wall seat from the Conservatives, with odds shortening since the party’s stunning by-election victory last week in Somerset.
31 Jul 2023
Rhodes: Sunak must chair COBRA meeting today
The Liberal Democrats have criticised the government for their refusal to show leadership over COBRA meeting.
25 Jul 2023
Unsolved burglaries soar to more than 580 a day
A staggering 213,279 burglaries went unsolved across England and Wales in the 2022/2023 financial year
25 Jul 2023
Rhodes Fires: Call to protect holidaymakers by adding to no travel list
Liberal Democrats are calling for an immediate addition of Rhodes to the Red List list of places the Foreign Office advises against all but essential travel
24 Jul 2023
Lib Dems demand GP rescue plan as one in six left waiting two weeks for appointment
One in six (16.5%) GP appointments had waits of two weeks or more over past year
24 Jul 2023
Ed Davey demands General Election to end Conservative circus at victory rally in Frome
In a victory rally to celebrate another stunning by-election result, Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey, has demanded a general election to end the “Conservative circus.”
21 Jul 2023
Ed Davey: Somerton and Frome win shows Lib Dems “firmly back in the West Country”
Ed Davey has declared that the Liberal Democrats are “firmly back in the West Country,” after the party pulled off yet another historic by-election victory in Somerton and Frome.
21 Jul 2023
Somerton and Frome by-election could be a “watershed moment” for Lib Dems
Responding to the closing of polls in the three by-elections taking place today, Christine Jardine MP, Liberal DemocratCabinet Office Spokesperson said:
21 Jul 2023
Truss and Kwarteng payouts "slap in the face" for those seeing mortgages soar
Responding to the news that Liz Truss, Kwasi Kwarteng and Chris Pincher have all been given taxpayer-funded severance payments worth thousands of pounds, Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader Daisy Cooper said:
21 Jul 2023