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
Davey on Covid Inquiry: British people will never forgive the Conservatives for leaving country “rudderless and vulnerable”
Responding to the publication of the latest Covid Inquiry report, Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey said:
20 Nov 2025
Lib Dems: Govt must go further and “ban surge pricing”
Responding to the government's announcement banning the reselling of tickets for profit, Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Culture, Media and Sport, Anna Sabine MP said:
19 Nov 2025
PMQs: Kemi Badenoch should apologise for £40bn of Conservative stealth tax hikes
The Liberal Democrats have blasted Kemi Badenoch’s hypocrisy on stealth taxes at PMQs, highlighting the £40bn stealth tax bombshell the Conservatives hit the public with during their time in office.
19 Nov 2025
Inflation stats: Chancellor must put households and high streets first
Responding to the latest ONS inflation figures released this morning, Daisy Cooper, Deputy Leader and Treasury Spokesperson for the Liberal Democrats said:
19 Nov 2025
Lib Dem MP calls for National Crime Agency crackdown after "mountain of waste" uncovered in Oxfordshire
The Liberal Democrat MP for Bicester and Woodstock, Calum Miller, has used an urgent question in Parliament to call on the Government to pay for a 150 metre illegal waste dump in Oxfordshire, and for the National Crime Agency to investigate the most serio
17 Nov 2025
Asylum hotels: state-endorsed robbery will not fix the crisis
Commenting on the Government's annoucement to confiscate asylum seekers' jewellery to pay for their housing costs, Liberal Democrat Home Affairs spokesperson Max Wilkinson MP said:
17 Nov 2025
Trump sues BBC: Starmer must stand up for Britain
Responding to Donald Trump’s interview with GB News, where he confirmed that he still intends to sue the BBC and will be speaking to Keir Starmer over the weekend, Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey MP said:
15 Nov 2025
Income tax latest: Chancellor must address British public and “come clean” on U-turn
Responding to the Chancellor’s decision to U-turn on her plans to raise income tax, Liberal Democrat Business Spokesperson Sarah Olney MP said:
14 Nov 2025
IFS report: stealth taxes penalising pensioners and hammering low earners
Responding to the IFS report that has found “threshold freezes” are pulling pensioners and minimum wage workers into paying income tax, Liberal Democrat Treasury Spokesperson and Deputy Leader, Daisy Cooper MP said:
14 Nov 2025