GDP: Economic downturn puts “storm clouds” over businesses
Responding to the latest economic figures that show the UK economy shrank by 0.1% in May, Liberal Democrat Treasury Spokesperson, Daisy Cooper MP, said:
11 Jul 2025
Press Releases
Press releases from the Lib Dem media team
Lib Dems call for genuine reform of SEND support as cost for special needs children’s transport stands at £1.5bn
Shocking figures on the state of SEND provision in England analysed by the Lib Dems ramp up pressure on the Government to commit to genuine reforms to the SEND system, as the party called for children’s rights to SEND support to be protected.
10 Jul 2025
Heatwave: Lib Dems call on Govt to open community ‘cool hubs’ for vulnerable people as temperatures soar
The Liberal Democrats are calling on the Government to open up air conditioned public buildings as ‘cool hubs', to provide relief to vulnerable people during summer heatwaves, as millions suffer unbearable temperatures in inadequate housing.
10 Jul 2025
Lib Dems call for “end to corridor care” by end of the Parliament as data reveals 163,000 patients faced 12-hour trolley waits this winter
Liberal Democrat Health and Social Care spokesperson Helen Morgan will today (Saturday 22nd March) call on the Government to end “corridor care” in hospitals by the end of this Parliament, in a speech at the Party’s Spring Conference in Harrogate.
22 Mar 2025
Davey: Govt must seize £25bn of frozen Russian assets not "cower" behind legal processes
Responding to the Treasury releasing new data that shows UK sanctions have led to over £25 billion of Russian assets being frozen, Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey said:
21 Mar 2025
Borrowing figures: Reeves has “failed to turn the page” on stagnant economy
Responding to the latest borrowing figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), which showed a sharp rise in borrowing, Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP said:
21 Mar 2025
Shadow minister suggests Tory-Reform pact: Badenoch must sack him
The Liberal Democrats have called on Kemi Badenoch to sack a Shadow Minister who suggested a Conservative pact with Reform, warning that the “wheels are already coming off the Tory local election campaign within hours of it being launched.”
20 Mar 2025
Interest rates: growth only way to end mortgage pain but jobs tax makes prospect as real as “Loch Ness monster”
Responding to interest rates being held at 4.5% and the Bank of England stating that ‘business survey indicators generally continue to suggest weakness in growth’, Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP said:
20 Mar 2025
Conservative election launch: "desperate" Kemi Badenoch attempting to rescue crumbling vote as home counties turn to the Liberal Democrats
Responding to Kemi Badenoch's local election launch event in Buckinghamshire, Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader Daisy Cooper said:
20 Mar 2025
ONS Business Insights: “alarm bells" should be going off in the Treasury ahead of Spring Statement
Responding to the ONS Business Insights and Conditions Survey which found 14% of trading businesses expect their turnover to fall in April, up four percentage points on last year, Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP said:
20 Mar 2025
IFS NHS targets: a “bitter blow to patients” with Labour’s lack of urgency “inexcusable”
Responding to modelling by the IFS which shows that the Government will likely miss its 18-week waiting time target, Liberal Democrat Health and Social Care spokesperson Helen Morgan MP said:
20 Mar 2025
Store closures: report should make clear to the Chancellor our high streets “simply cannot take any more financial pain”
Responding to a PwC report which found that 12,804 retail stores, leisure venues and service outlets closed in 2024, Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP said:
20 Mar 2025