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
Farage turning into no-answers-Nigel
Responding to Farage’s ITV interview where he refused to deny racist remarks from his school days, Liberal Democrat President-Elect Josh Babarinde MP said:
24 Nov 2025
Lib Dems: Prime Minister should categorically rule out readmitting Russia to G7
Responding to reports that Russia could be readmitted to the G7 under peace plans, Liberal Democrat Foreign Affairs Spokesperson, Calum Miller MP said:
24 Nov 2025
£41 billion “stealth tax bombshell” to cost pensioners £800 a year as Budget looms
The freeze to income tax thresholds will have cost pensioners £41.3 billion by the end of the decade since it was first introduced in 2022/23, House of Commons Library analysis commissioned by the Liberal Democrats has revealed.
24 Nov 2025
9 million to be hit by Conservative-Labour stealth tax “stitch up”
9 million people will have been dragged into higher rates of tax by 2030 due to the freezing of tax thresholds by Labour and the Conservatives, new analysis by the Liberal Democrats has revealed.
23 Nov 2025
Rail fare freeze: Govt is putting "paper over the cracks" with no long term plan
Responding to the announcement by the Government that they will be freezing rail fares until March 2027, Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Transport, Olly Glover, said:
23 Nov 2025
Davey: PM must use G20 summit to call for Russia to be removed from group
Commenting ahead of the first day of the G20 summit in South Africa, Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey said:
22 Nov 2025
Davey on Nathan Gill sentencing: “Nigel Farage and his party are a danger to national security”
Responding to the news that Reform’s former Wales leader, Nathan Gill, has been sentenced to ten and a half years in prison after being found guilty of taking bribes from Russia, Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey said:
21 Nov 2025
Council funding: Govt “doomed to fail” if they do not address social care crisis
Responding to the Government’s statement on the fair funding review 2.0, Liberal Democrat Local Government Spokesperson, Zöe Franklin MP said:
21 Nov 2025
Lib Dems to force vote in Parliament on new customs union with EU
The Liberal Democrats are preparing to push a vote in Parliament on forging a new customs union with the EU, in a bid to put pressure on the Labour government to drop its red lines on Europe to boost growth instead of hiking taxes at the Budget.
21 Nov 2025