Lib Dems to introduce legislation to proscribe the IRGC
As the conflict in the Middle East continues, the Liberal Democrats will be bringing forward legislation to urgently proscribe the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
3 Mar 2026
Press Releases
Press releases from the Lib Dem media team
Spring statement: Govt must commit to reaching 3% of GDP for defence spending by 2030
Responding to today's Spring Statement, Liberal Democrat Defence Spokesperson James MacCleary MP said:
3 Mar 2026
An extra one million pensioners to be hit by Labour’s stealth taxes unless Chancellor acts
An extra one million pensioners are to be dragged into paying income tax over the next four years due to Labour’s stealth taxes, the Office for Budgetary Responsibility forecasts published as part of today’s Spring Statement said.
3 Mar 2026
Lib Dems slam Reform council as “bad Vance tribute band” and call on Farage to expel leader as local journalists banned until they ‘apologise’
Responding to reporting that Reform council leader Mick Barton will keep local democracy reporters banned from reporting on the council until they ‘apologise’, Max Wilkinson MP, Liberal Democrat Culture, Media and Sport Spokesperson and former local journ
2 Sep 2025
Reform Journalist Ban: Lib Dems call for DCMS committee inquiry as Farage testifies in US on free speech
The Liberal Democrats are calling on the Culture, Media and Sport Committee to launch an inquiry into Reform UK banning its councillors in Nottinghamshire from speaking to local media, as Nigel Farage visits the US tomorrow to testify before Congress on f
2 Sep 2025
Kemi Badenoch visit is a timely reminder for Scottish Conservatives to jump ship
Responding to Kemi Badenoch's visit to Scotland, Liberal Democrat Jamie Greene MSP, who defected from the Conservatives earlier this year, said:
1 Sep 2025
Starmer interview: Government “too scared of its own shadow” to deliver change country is crying out for
Responding to Keir Starmer’s interview on Radio 5 Live, Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader Daisy Cooper MP said:
1 Sep 2025
Lib Dems write to Badenoch telling her to “come clean” on allegations of made-up academic record
The Liberal Democrats have written to Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch calling on her to come clean over doubts reported in the Guardian over her claim that she was offered a place at the US University Stanford when she was just 16.
1 Sep 2025
Ed Davey tables motion to force release of Gaza legal advice and says ministers cannot turn “blind eye” to humanitarian crisis
Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey will table a Humble Address motion on the first day of Parliament [Monday 1 September] to force the Government to publish the legal advice it has received on breaches of international law in the Israel-Gaza war.
31 Aug 2025
Trump tariffs illegal: Government must “seize this opportunity” to build an economic coalition of the willing
Responding to the US appeals court declaring that many of Donald Trump’s global tariffs are illegal, Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP said:
30 Aug 2025
Davey calls on Blair to give evidence in Parliament following White House Gaza meeting
Responding to Tony Blair’s meeting at the White House with the Trump administration discussing the war in Gaza, Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey said:
28 Aug 2025
Ed Davey to boycott Trump state banquet in push to end Gaza’s humanitarian disaster
Today Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey has announced he is to decline an invitation to the state banquet for Donald Trump next month, to raise the issue of Trump’s complicity in the humanitarian disaster in Gaza.
27 Aug 2025