AUKUS: Trump move to bring submarine deal under review throws “grenade” into security partnership
Responding to the US bringing the AUKUS deal under review, Helen Maguire MP, Liberal Democrat Defence Spokesperson, said:
12 Jun 2025
Press Releases
Press releases from the Lib Dem media team
Reeves must rule out tax rises for families and small businesses, say Lib Dems
Responding to the Chancellor refusing to rule out tax rises on LBC this morning, Sarah Olney MP, Liberal Democrat Business Spokesperson, said:
12 Jun 2025
Spending review: Over £4.5 billion of “hidden” cuts to departments could be avoided with better UK-EU trade deal
Government departments are facing real-terms cuts of £4.6 billion by 2028-29, Liberal Democrat analysis of the Spending Review has revealed.
12 Jun 2025
Conservative local election launch: "buck stops" with Badenoch
Commenting on the Conservatives' local election launch tomorrow (20th March) a Liberal Democrat spokesperson said:
19 Mar 2025
NICs vote: Labour MPs vote for “health tax” on GPs, pharmacies and care homes
Responding to the Government voting to reject a Liberal Democrat amendment which would have exempted health and care providers from the national insurance rise, Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP said:
19 Mar 2025
US-Russia call: Putin is “stringing Trump along”
Responding to Putin’s phone call with Trump, Calum Miller MP, Liberal Democrat Foreign Affairs Spokesperson, said:
19 Mar 2025
Children's Bill: Labour vote against free school meals "deeply disappointing"
Responding to Labour voting against a Liberal Democrat amendment to automatically enrol eligible children for free school meals, Liberal Democrat Education spokesperson Munira Wilson MP said:
19 Mar 2025
Welfare reform: If Govt was serious about cutting welfare bill “it would get serious about fixing health and social care”
Responding to the Government’s Green Paper on Welfare reforms, Liberal Democrat Work and Pensions spokesperson Steve Darling MP said:
18 Mar 2025
Badenoch speech: Scrapping net zero would 'undermine national energy security'
Responding to Kemi Badenoch’s speech today claiming that Net Zero by 2050 is ‘impossible’, Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader, Daisy Cooper said:
18 Mar 2025
Lib Dems force crunch vote on free school meals as 200,000 children miss out
New Liberal Democrat analysis estimates that over 230,000 children eligible for free school meals are not receiving the food they’re entitled to, though the true figure could be much higher...
18 Mar 2025
Pharmacies: Government has left a "question mark” over support and now consequences “painfully apparent”
Responding to the National Pharmacy Association advising its members in England to start reducing opening hours and services if no new and sufficient funding is delivered from April 1st, Liberal Democrat Health and Social Care spokesperson Helen Morgan MP
18 Mar 2025
Thames Water appeal: Govt must put company into special administration
Responding to the news that the court has rejected his appeal to prevent Thames Water from an additional £3 billion bail out, MP for Witney Charlie Maynard said:
17 Mar 2025