Davey: Starmer can't fix cost of living crisis without dropping red lines on Europe
Responding to Keir Starmer’s ‘fresh direction’ speech, Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey, said:
11 May 2026
Press Releases
Press releases from the Lib Dem media team
Ed Davey calls on Labour leadership contenders to drop red lines on EU
Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey has called on the Labour leadership contenders Andy Burnham, Angela Rayner and Wes Streeting to commit to dropping Labour's ‘red lines’ on Europe, to boost the economy and tackle the cost-of-living crisis.
10 May 2026
Lib Dems: Kemi Badenoch is at the "height of hypocrisy" over the Iran War
Responding to comments made by Kemi Badenoch on the Today programme, where she criticised Donald Trump’s lack of plan for his conflict in Iran and condemned the Government’s lack of a plan for defence, Liberal Democrat Foreign Affairs spokesperson Calum M
5 May 2026
IFS NHS targets: a “bitter blow to patients” with Labour’s lack of urgency “inexcusable”
Responding to modelling by the IFS which shows that the Government will likely miss its 18-week waiting time target, Liberal Democrat Health and Social Care spokesperson Helen Morgan MP said:
20 Mar 2025
Conservative local election launch: "buck stops" with Badenoch
Commenting on the Conservatives' local election launch tomorrow (20th March) a Liberal Democrat spokesperson said:
19 Mar 2025
NICs vote: Labour MPs vote for “health tax” on GPs, pharmacies and care homes
Responding to the Government voting to reject a Liberal Democrat amendment which would have exempted health and care providers from the national insurance rise, Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP said:
19 Mar 2025
US-Russia call: Putin is “stringing Trump along”
Responding to Putin’s phone call with Trump, Calum Miller MP, Liberal Democrat Foreign Affairs Spokesperson, said:
19 Mar 2025
Children's Bill: Labour vote against free school meals "deeply disappointing"
Responding to Labour voting against a Liberal Democrat amendment to automatically enrol eligible children for free school meals, Liberal Democrat Education spokesperson Munira Wilson MP said:
19 Mar 2025
Welfare reform: If Govt was serious about cutting welfare bill “it would get serious about fixing health and social care”
Responding to the Government’s Green Paper on Welfare reforms, Liberal Democrat Work and Pensions spokesperson Steve Darling MP said:
18 Mar 2025
Badenoch speech: Scrapping net zero would 'undermine national energy security'
Responding to Kemi Badenoch’s speech today claiming that Net Zero by 2050 is ‘impossible’, Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader, Daisy Cooper said:
18 Mar 2025
Pharmacies: Government has left a "question mark” over support and now consequences “painfully apparent”
Responding to the National Pharmacy Association advising its members in England to start reducing opening hours and services if no new and sufficient funding is delivered from April 1st, Liberal Democrat Health and Social Care spokesperson Helen Morgan MP
18 Mar 2025
Lib Dems force crunch vote on free school meals as 200,000 children miss out
New Liberal Democrat analysis estimates that over 230,000 children eligible for free school meals are not receiving the food they’re entitled to, though the true figure could be much higher...
18 Mar 2025