Davey: Starmer can't fix cost of living crisis without dropping red lines on Europe
Responding to Keir Starmer’s ‘fresh direction’ speech, Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey, said:
11 May 2026
Press Releases
Press releases from the Lib Dem media team
Ed Davey calls on Labour leadership contenders to drop red lines on EU
Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey has called on the Labour leadership contenders Andy Burnham, Angela Rayner and Wes Streeting to commit to dropping Labour's ‘red lines’ on Europe, to boost the economy and tackle the cost-of-living crisis.
10 May 2026
Lib Dems: Kemi Badenoch is at the "height of hypocrisy" over the Iran War
Responding to comments made by Kemi Badenoch on the Today programme, where she criticised Donald Trump’s lack of plan for his conflict in Iran and condemned the Government’s lack of a plan for defence, Liberal Democrat Foreign Affairs spokesperson Calum M
5 May 2026
8 in 10 hospitals using outdated medical equipment as Lib Dems warn patients are being put at risk
8 in 10 hospitals are using hundreds of outdated machines such as X-Ray machines and MRI scanners as the Lib Dems warn that patients are being left at risk.
29 Dec 2025
Month-long waits for GP appointments increase by 250,000 since Labour took office
Shocking data analysed by the Liberal Democrats reveals in the 18 months since Labour took power, hundreds of thousands more people are now waiting over a month for a GP appointment.
28 Dec 2025
Three in four car thefts went unsolved last year as Lib Dems call for vehicle crime crackdown
The Liberal Democrats are calling for a car theft crackdown, with a dedicated unit in each police force to tackle the unsolved crime epidemic. It comes as House of Commons library data reveals that a shocking 76% of all car thefts went unsolved last year.
25 Dec 2025
Ed Davey's Christmas message for 2025
In his Christmas message for 2025, Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey MP will say:
23 Dec 2025
Supermarket scrooges steal Christmas cheer as one in three shoppers hit by shrinkflation
Shock polling commissioned by the Liberal Democrats shows that over one in three (36%) people have noticed Christmas food shrink in size this year. This comes as many households across the country are already struggling with a cost of living permacrisis.
23 Dec 2025
Family Farm Tax threshold increase: Govt must now scrap the unfair tax "in full"
Responding to the news that the farm tax inheritance threshold will increase from 1 million to 2.5 million, Liberal Democrat Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Spokesperson, Tim Farron MP, said:
23 Dec 2025
Fly-tipping epidemic: One in five Brits have witnessed industrial scale dumping in new "environmental wild west”
New polling has revealed that the shocking "mountain of rubbish" recently discovered in Oxfordshire is not a rare incident, with one in five (20%) UK adults reporting they have witnessed large-scale illegal dumping in their own local areas.
22 Dec 2025
Shop staff facing shoplifting epidemic this Christmas as record 810 offences going unsolved a day
The Liberal Democrats have warned shop staff are being left in fear this Christmas by a shoplifting epidemic as data reveals a record 810 shoplifting offences a day have gone unsolved.
21 Dec 2025
Shop staff facing shoplifting epidemic this Christmas as record 810 offences going unsolved a day
The Liberal Democrats have warned shop staff are being left in fear this Christmas by a shoplifting epidemic as data reveals a record 810 shoplifting offences a day have gone unsolved.
21 Dec 2025