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
Lib Dems: Badenoch’s refusal to condemn Musk’s dangerous rhetoric is “cowardly”
Responding to Kemi Badenoch’s recent LBC appearance, Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader Daisy Cooper MP said:
17 Sep 2025
Lib Dems warn Government risks plunging country into a “new era of stagflation”
Responding to inflation remaining at 3.8%, Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP said:
17 Sep 2025
UK-US tech deal: Govt must not sacrifice protections for children online
Responding to the UK and US agreeing a new tech deal as Trump arrives for his state visit, Liberal Democrat Science, Innovation & Technology Victoria Collins MP said:
16 Sep 2025
Government ‘throws in the towel’ to Trump on UK steel, say Liberal Democrats
The Liberal Democrats have accused the Government of having ‘thrown in the towel’ to Donald Trump, after reports that ministers have quietly shelved plans to cut US steel tariffs just hours before the President’s state visit to the UK.
16 Sep 2025
Davey: What is happening in Gaza is a genocide and Trump is doing nothing to stop it
Commenting on the eve of Trump's state visit, and following the UN's independent commission of inquiry finding that Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey said:
16 Sep 2025
Liberal Democrats call for UN summit to be relocated to Geneva if Trump blocks Palestinians from attending
Ed Davey and all Liberal Democrat MPs have written to Keir Starmer calling on him to push for next week’s UN Summit to be relocated to Geneva if President Trump continues to block Palestinian officials from attending.
16 Sep 2025
Lib Dems: Marie Caulfield defection proves Farage “not serious” about NHS
Responding to the news that ex-Conservative MP Marie Caulfield has defected to Reform, the Liberal Democrats have said this proves Farage is “not serious” about fixing our NHS.
16 Sep 2025
Labour market stats: self sabotage from the Govt
Responding to the latest labour market figures which show unemployment has risen, Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP said:
16 Sep 2025
Ed Davey calls for vote in Parliament on US-UK tech deal to prevent a “Silicon Valley stitch up”
Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey has today demanded that the Government puts its proposed US-UK tech deal to a vote in Parliament, warning that failure to do so would amount to a “Silicon Valley stitch up”.
15 Sep 2025