JLR job cuts show Government growth mission "falling far short"
Responding to reports that Jaguar Land Rover is set to cut up to 4,000 jobs, Liberal Democrat Business spokesperson, Sarah Olney MP, said:
6 Sep 2026
Press Releases
Press releases from the Lib Dem media team
Davey calls for £1bn farming lifeline and urgent Bluetongue taskforce to protect British food security
During a visit to a farm in Cumbria on Friday [4th September 2026], Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey will join Liberal Democrat Environment spokesperson, Tim Farron MP to call on the Government to deploy a rapid taskforce to lead on Bluetongue vaccination
4 Sep 2026
Lib Dems report Reform UK to the police over donations scandal
Following the Channel 4 report into Reform this evening, revealing a potential plot by the party to break the law on party funding, Liberal Democrat Cabinet Office spokesperson Lisa Smart has written to the police and the Electoral Commission, asking them
3 Sep 2026
Ed Davey launches plan to end 12-hour A&E waits as 2025 sees worst ever corridor crisis
In a speech today (Tuesday 13th January), Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey will set out a £1.5bn plan to end 12-hour A&E waits within a year and tackle the scandal of patients being treated in hospital corridors.
12 Jan 2026
Nadhim Zahawi defection: Reform is becoming a retirement home for disgraced former Conservative ministers
Responding to former Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi's defection to Reform UK, Liberal Democrat MP for Stratford-on-Avon (Zahawi's former seat), Manuela Perteghella MP said:
12 Jan 2026
Ofcom investigation: Access to X must be restricted now to avoid "monetising of sexual abuse"
Responding to the announcement that Ofcom has launched an investigation into Elon Musk's X over the use of its AI tool Grok to create sexualised images of children and women, Victoria Collins MP, Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Science, Innovation and T
12 Jan 2026
Lib Dems call for NCA investigation into X over AI-generated sexual abuse material
Liberal Democrats have called on the National Crime Agency to launch an urgent criminal investigation into X in response to the proliferation of AI-generated sexual abuse material created by the site's AI generation tool ‘Grok’.
9 Jan 2026
Davey: Approaching a Berlin Wall moment for protesters in Iran
Responding to the latest situation in Iran, Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey said:
9 Jan 2026
Storm Goretti: COBRA should be convened immediately to handle emergency response
Responding to the impact of Storm Goretti, which carried a red storm warning in the South West of England and left more than 44,000 properties without power and transport links in chaos, Liberal Democrat Gideon Amos, MP for Taunton and Wellington commente
9 Jan 2026
Business rates change “last chance” for “treasured” pubs
Responding to reporting that the Government will reduce planned rises to business rates, Daisy Cooper MP, Treasury Spokesperson for the Liberal Democrats and Pub Parliamentarian of the Year 2024, said:
8 Jan 2026
Met vetting scandal: Lib Dems call on Conservatives to apologise for putting targets over public safety
Commenting on recent revelations that the Metropolitan Police wrongly hired over 100 police officers after relaxing vetting standards, Lib Dem London Spokesperson Luke Taylor MP said:
8 Jan 2026
Davey calls on PM to rule out use of UK bases to attack Greenland
Ed Davey has today called on Keir Starmer to categorically rule out the US using British military bases to support a US attack on Greenland, just hours after UK airfields supported the American operation to seize a shadow fleet vessel in the Atlantic Ocea
8 Jan 2026