JLR job cuts show Government growth mission "falling far short"
Responding to reports that Jaguar Land Rover is set to cut up to 4,000 jobs, Liberal Democrat Business spokesperson, Sarah Olney MP, said:
6 Sep 2026
Press Releases
Press releases from the Lib Dem media team
Davey calls for £1bn farming lifeline and urgent Bluetongue taskforce to protect British food security
During a visit to a farm in Cumbria on Friday [4th September 2026], Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey will join Liberal Democrat Environment spokesperson, Tim Farron MP to call on the Government to deploy a rapid taskforce to lead on Bluetongue vaccination
4 Sep 2026
Lib Dems report Reform UK to the police over donations scandal
Following the Channel 4 report into Reform this evening, revealing a potential plot by the party to break the law on party funding, Liberal Democrat Cabinet Office spokesperson Lisa Smart has written to the police and the Electoral Commission, asking them
3 Sep 2026
Triple lock: from privatising the NHS now Farage “wants to come after people’s pensions”
Responding to Nigel Farage refusing to commit to keeping the triple lock, Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP said:
27 May 2025
Davey on Farage speech: “Trussonomics on steroids”
Responding to Nigel Farage’s speech today, Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey said:
27 May 2025
Labour needs to “learn to u-turn faster” on two-child benefit cap
Responding to Bridget Phillipson telling the Today programme that scrapping the two-child benefit cap is “on the table”, Daisy Cooper MP, Liberal Democrat Treasury Spokesperson and Deputy Leader, said:
27 May 2025
Nearly 2 million to be hit by £9 billion “stealth tax bombshell” by the end of the decade
The Labour government’s plans to maintain the income tax threshold freezes introduced by the Conservatives mean that an estimated additional 1.9 million people will be hit, forcing them to shell out close to an estimated £9 billion in additional tax...
26 May 2025
Patients “left in the lurch” as month long waits for last minute cancelled ops to be rearranged more than double
Close to 20,000 operations cancelled at the last minute took more than 28-days to rearrange last year, in breach of the NHS’s own standard, research by the House of Commons Library commissioned by the Liberal Democrats has revealed.
26 May 2025
Patients “left in the lurch” as month long waits for last minute cancelled ops to be rearranged more than double
Close to 20,000 operations cancelled at the last minute took more than 28-days to rearrange last year, in breach of the NHS’s own standard, research by the House of Commons Library commissioned by the Liberal Democrats has revealed.
26 May 2025
Winter Fuel Payments: Govt needs to complete world’s slowest u-turn
Commenting on Angela Rayner’s interviews on the Sunday shows this morning, where she refused to give clarity on Winter Fuel Payments, Lib Dem Treasury spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP said:
25 May 2025
Number of lung cancer patients not treated within two-month standard rises by 40% with some waiting more than a year
The number of lung cancer patients waiting longer than the 62-day referral to treatment standard has risen by 41% since 2019, with 3,750 patients enduring waits of at least two-months last year, Freedom of Information requests (FOIs) by Lib Dem MP Clive..
24 May 2025
Telegraph deal: stake promised to UAE before legislation approved “puts the cart before the horse”
Responding to reports that the Telegraph has agreed a deal with a US private equity firm but that the UAE will retain a 15% stake, Chris Fox, Liberal Democrat Lords’ Spokesperson for Business and sponsor of the fatal motion to block the legislation...
23 May 2025