Dodds resignation: Cutting aid to fund defence like “robbing Peter to pay Paul”
Commenting on Anneliese Dodds’ resignation, Monica Harding MP, Liberal Democrat International Affairs Spokesperson, said:
28 Feb 2025
Press Releases
Press releases from the Lib Dem media team
Starmer US visit: Age of Europe relying on US is over
Commenting on the press conference between Starmer and Trump, Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader Daisy Cooper MP said:
27 Feb 2025
PM must raise Tate's extradition as a priority
Commenting on Andrew Tate's arrival to Florida today after Romanian prosecutors agreed to let him leave, Liberal Democrat Home Affairs Spokesperson Lisa Smart MP said:
27 Feb 2025
Resolution Foundation reveals £8bn pensioner tax bombshell in Budget
Jeremy Hunt’s Budget includes an £8bn tax bombshell for pensioners, analysis from the Resolution Foundation has revealed.
7 Mar 2024
Rwanda Bill Votes: Policy is fatally flawed
Responding to the votes on the Safety of Rwanda Bill in the House of Lords today, the Liberal DemocratLeader in the Lords, Lord Newby said:
7 Mar 2024
Dock Donelan’s pay to foot £15,000 legal cost
The Liberal Democrats have called on Science Minister Michelle Donelan’s pay to be docked after it has been revealed £15,000 of taxpayers' money was used to pay legal costs and damages relating to academic Prof Kate Sang's libel action against her.
7 Mar 2024
“Bottler’s Budget”: Hunt and Sunak slammed for running scared of May General Election
The Liberal Democrats have branded today’s statement as a “Bottler’s Budget,” after Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt seem to have ducked a May general election in a desperate attempt to cling on to power.
6 Mar 2024
Budget: Rishi’s recession followed by Hunt’s hangover
Responding to the Spring Budget, Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey MP said:
6 Mar 2024
Donelan must pay libel action costs herself
The Liberal Democrats have called on Science Minister Michelle Donelan to pay the damages and legal costs relating to academic Prof Kate Sang's libel action against her herself.
6 Mar 2024
Donelan legal payments: Lib Dems demand Cabinet Office inquiry
The Liberal Democrats have called for a Cabinet Office inquiry into reports that Science Minister Michelle Donelan's department paid her damages and legal costs relating to academic Prof Kate Sang's libel action against her.
6 Mar 2024
Embargoed budget trail: The Conservatives are the great tax swindlers
Responding to the Chancellor's embargoed budget trail, Leader of the Liberal Democrats Ed Davey said:
6 Mar 2024
Lords Rwanda Bill votes: "Morally bankrupt government" defeated five times
Responding to the series of five heavy defeats for the government on their Rwanda Bill in the House of Lords this evening, which saw several Conservative peers voting against the government’s position, LiberalDemocrat Leader in the Lords Dick Newby said:
6 Mar 2024