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
£291 million spent on Rwanda could fund almost 7 million GP appointments instead
At a Public Accounts Committee meeting last week, Home Office officials admitted that further £50 million will be paid to the Rwanda Government as soon as the Conservative’s Rwanda Bill is passed into law.
25 Apr 2024
Shoplifting: Govt has let epidemic get out of control
Responding to the latest figures showing that shoplifting has hit its highest level in over 20 years, LiberalDemocrat Home Affairs spokesperson, Alistair Carmichael MP said:
25 Apr 2024
Corridor care: Elderly patients waiting over five days on hospital trolleys
Some elderly patients were left waiting up to five days on trolleys in A&E last year, shocking figures uncovered by the Liberal Democrats have shown.
25 Apr 2024
Nearly 6,000 crimes went unsolved every day in 2023
The Liberal Democrats have accused the Conservative Government of overseeing an “unsolved crime epidemic” as new statistics reveal that more than 2 million crimes went unsolved in 2023, or 5,993 crimes on average every single day.
25 Apr 2024
Sewage: Conservative MPs vote to weaken Ofwat powers
This afternoon, Conservative MPs have voted in favour of weakening the water regulator’s ability to take enforcement action on water companies.
24 Apr 2024
Govt must ban no-fault evictions once and for all
Responding to reports that Michael Gove can no longer guarantee no-fault evictions will be banned before the General Election, Liberal Democrat Housing Spokesperson Helen Morgan MP said:
24 Apr 2024
Sunak "empty promises" on defence as 10,000 troops cut
Responding to the government's announcemnet on defence spending, Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey said:
24 Apr 2024
Revealed: 10,000 council staff stuck on long-term sick leave
Close to 10,000 council staff are stuck on long-term sick leave with the number rising by a fifth since 2019, Liberal Democrat Freedom of Information requests have revealed.
24 Apr 2024
Campaigners ‘devastated’ as Conservative Lords block proposal to give victims access to free court transcripts.
Today, Conservative Peers have voted against an amendment to the Victims and Prisoners Bill tabled by Liberal Democrat Peer, Baroness Brinton.
24 Apr 2024