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
Ed Davey visits Chancellor's seat ahead of Budget as GP funding in Surrey slashed by £10 million
Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey will today (Tuesday 5th March) visit a GP surgery in the Chancellor’s Godalming and Ash constituency ahead of the Budget to demand that Hunt cancel his planned real terms NHS spending cuts.
6 Mar 2024
IFS NHS spending analysis: What this govt has done to health services is scandalous
Responding to IFS analysis revealing that the planned 1.2% real terms cut in day-to-day NHS spending would be the largest reduction since the 1970s, Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Sarah Olney MP said:
6 Mar 2024
National Insurance tax cuts to be wiped out by £880 of stealth tax hikes
Stealth tax hikes will cost the average household in England twice as much as what they’ll get from this year’s national insurance cut, new research commissioned by the Liberal Democrats has revealed.
6 Mar 2024
Majority of Brits blame Rishi Sunak for the recession
Six in ten Conservative voters blame the Prime Minister and Chancellor for the UK economy entering a recession
6 Mar 2024
Hunt to lose seat to Lib Dems - poll shows
Commenting on a new constituency poll which shows Jeremy Hunt's seat is under threat, putting the Liberal Democrats on 35% on the vote, compared to Conservative's 29%, LiberalDemocrat Deputy Leader Daisy Cooper MP said:
6 Mar 2024
Rail fare increase: A slap in the face
Responding to the latest increase in rail fares, Liberal Democrat Transport Spokesperson Wera Hobhouse MP said:
6 Mar 2024
PM speech: British people will take no lessons from Conservative party who have sowed the seeds of division
Responding to the Prime Minister's speech, Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey MP said:
6 Mar 2024
Lib Dems call on Hunt to reverse NHS cuts as long-term sickness blows £3bn black hole in budget
Soaring levels of people out of work due to long-term sickness have blown a £3 billion black hole in Jeremy Hunt’s Budget, new research commissioned by the Liberal Democrats has revealed.
6 Mar 2024
Chief Inspector of Borders reports: Ministers running scared and ducking accountability
Responding to the publication of 13 long-awaited reports by the Chief Inspector for Borders and Immigration, Liberal Democrat Home Affairs Spokesperson Alistair Carmichael MP said:
6 Mar 2024