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
Budget rumours: Reeves must rule out “cloak and dagger” efforts to drag people into paying more tax
Responding to Rachel Reeves admitting there may be more tax rises in this autumn’s Budget, Daisy Cooper, Liberal Democrat Treasury Spokesperson, said:
15 Oct 2025
China Spy Case and witness statements to CPS: "Failure to come clean will confirm people's suspicions of a cover up"
Responding to the CPS saying the government would be free to publish witness statements related to the collapsed China spy trial, Liberal Democrat Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Calum Miller said:
14 Oct 2025
Ed Davey’s keynote speech at the Energy UK Annual Conference
Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey is challenging the energy sector to counter the lies put forward by Reform UK and Conservative Party that will cause even higher energy bills and cost jobs.
14 Oct 2025
12,000 terminally ill patients at risk from cuts to care, as Streeting warned hospices are “on the brink”
Analysis from the Liberal Democrats, using survey data from Hospice UK and ONS weekly statistics on registered deaths, suggests that more than 12,000 people could face cuts to the hospice services that care for them. It follows revelations on Wednesday th
14 Oct 2025
Unemployment rises and wage growth falls: jobs tax “snuffing out growth”
Responding to the ONS' latest jobs figures, which show that the rate of UK unemployment has risen and wage growth has fallen, Liberal Democrat Treasury Spokesperson Daisy Cooper said:
14 Oct 2025
China trial statement: publish correspondence with DNSA and CPS
Responding to the Security Minister's claims in the Commons that the Deputy National Security Adviser was solely responsible for the evidence given to the CPS in the China spy trial, Liberal Democrat Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Calum Miller MP said:
13 Oct 2025
Reform economic plans: “Farage's fantasy economics is destined to fail”
Responding to the news that Reform are abandoning their commitment to tax cuts, Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader and Treasury Spokesperson, Daisy Cooper MP said:
13 Oct 2025
Ed Davey warns energy sector: take on Badenoch and Farage lies or face a lost energy decade
Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey is challenging the energy sector to counter the lies put forward by Reform UK and Conservative Party that will cause even higher energy bills and cost jobs.
13 Oct 2025
Lib Dems: Govt must hold inquiry to “provide the answers the public deserves”
Commenting on the collapse of the trial of the two men accused of spying for China, Calum Miller MP, Liberal Democrat Foreign Affairs Spokesperson, said:
13 Oct 2025