Council tax redistribution: “big mistake”, say Lib Dems
Responding to the Government’s plan to redistribute council tax from areas in the South, Vikki Slade MP, Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Local Government, said:
20 Jun 2025
Press Releases
Press releases from the Lib Dem media team
Interest rates: Govt must scrap jobs tax to get mortgage rates down
Responding to interest rates being held at 4.25%, Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP said:
19 Jun 2025
Iran: Lib Dems call on Government to publish legal advice
Responding to reports that the Attorney General has warned that the UK joining in on a war in Iran may be illegal, Ed Davey, Liberal Democrat Leader, said:
19 Jun 2025
Harper claims Govt plan is working: Conservatives are living in cloud cuckoo land
Responding to Mark Harper's claims that the plan is still working, Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader Daisy Cooper MP said:
9 May 2024
Lib Dems win - South West London
The Liberal Democrats have won South West London electing Gareth Roberts, continuing the removal of Conservatives right across South West London. This is the final Conservative representative in the Borough of Richmond.
9 May 2024
Lib Dems win more seats than Conservatives in 2024 Local Election
Responding to the news that the Liberal Democrats have won more seats than the Conservatives at the 2024 Local Elections, which has only ever happened once before in 1996, Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey MP said:
9 May 2024
Ed Davey pledges to make Sunak’s Conservative government history at victory rally in Hampshire
Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey has pledged to “make this Conservative government history” after the Conservatives lost over 200 seats at the local elections.
9 May 2024
Local elections: Sunak must listen to country and call a General Election
Responding to the overnight results in the local elections, Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader Daisy Cooper MP said:
9 May 2024
Polls close: Voters want an end to this appalling Conservative government
Responding to polls closing for this year’s local elections, Leader of the Liberal Democrats Ed Davey said:
9 May 2024
OECD report: This Conservative govt is economically illiterate
Responding to the OECD report which says that the UK will have the slowest growth of the largest developed nations next year, Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson, Sarah Olney MP said:
9 May 2024
Davey: Time for Sunak to face the music
Commenting on the opening of polls for the 2024 Local Elections today, Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey said:
1 May 2024
Up to 1 million pensioners in Tory seats to be dragged into paying income tax
New analysis from the Liberal Democrats has shown that a staggering 1 million pensioners in Conservative seats could be forced to pay income tax due to the Government’s stealth taxes.
1 May 2024