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
8 in 10 hospitals using outdated medical equipment as Lib Dems warn patients are being put at risk
8 in 10 hospitals are using hundreds of outdated machines such as X-Ray machines and MRI scanners as the Lib Dems warn that patients are being left at risk.
29 Dec 2025
Month-long waits for GP appointments increase by 250,000 since Labour took office
Shocking data analysed by the Liberal Democrats reveals in the 18 months since Labour took power, hundreds of thousands more people are now waiting over a month for a GP appointment.
28 Dec 2025
Three in four car thefts went unsolved last year as Lib Dems call for vehicle crime crackdown
The Liberal Democrats are calling for a car theft crackdown, with a dedicated unit in each police force to tackle the unsolved crime epidemic. It comes as House of Commons library data reveals that a shocking 76% of all car thefts went unsolved last year.
25 Dec 2025
Ed Davey's Christmas message for 2025
In his Christmas message for 2025, Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey MP will say:
23 Dec 2025
Supermarket scrooges steal Christmas cheer as one in three shoppers hit by shrinkflation
Shock polling commissioned by the Liberal Democrats shows that over one in three (36%) people have noticed Christmas food shrink in size this year. This comes as many households across the country are already struggling with a cost of living permacrisis.
23 Dec 2025
Family Farm Tax threshold increase: Govt must now scrap the unfair tax "in full"
Responding to the news that the farm tax inheritance threshold will increase from 1 million to 2.5 million, Liberal Democrat Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Spokesperson, Tim Farron MP, said:
23 Dec 2025
Fly-tipping epidemic: One in five Brits have witnessed industrial scale dumping in new "environmental wild west”
New polling has revealed that the shocking "mountain of rubbish" recently discovered in Oxfordshire is not a rare incident, with one in five (20%) UK adults reporting they have witnessed large-scale illegal dumping in their own local areas.
22 Dec 2025
Shop staff facing shoplifting epidemic this Christmas as record 810 offences going unsolved a day
The Liberal Democrats have warned shop staff are being left in fear this Christmas by a shoplifting epidemic as data reveals a record 810 shoplifting offences a day have gone unsolved.
21 Dec 2025
Shop staff facing shoplifting epidemic this Christmas as record 810 offences going unsolved a day
The Liberal Democrats have warned shop staff are being left in fear this Christmas by a shoplifting epidemic as data reveals a record 810 shoplifting offences a day have gone unsolved.
21 Dec 2025