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
Badenoch should expel Truss from the Conservative party for calling for a Trump-style ‘revolution’
Responding to Liz Truss's interview with Sky News where she called for a Trump-style 'revolution' in the UK, Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader Daisy Cooper said:
3 Sep 2025
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