Lib Dems say shocking hospital wait stats should “shake us to our core” GDP: Govt must now use UK-EU summit to boost growth Sneaky Kemi needs to “take head out of the sand” on EU Lib Dems move to quash sell-out law allowing foreign stakes in UK newspapers Cole-Hamilton to First Minister: SNP have failed […]
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14 May 2025 – today’s press releases
PAC medical negligence report: staggering sums lay bare a health service that is “not functioning” Lib Dems call for a critical incident to be declared after unsafe maternity unit in Somerset forced to closed Cole-Hamilton: Social care being doubly failed by Labour and SNP Cole-Hamilton: Both governments neglecting social care PAC medical negligence report: staggering […]
12 May 2025 – yesterday’s press releases
Lib Dems table humble address to force Government to publish impact assessment of UK-US deal Care Workers: Change is urgently needed to fix the mess the Conservatives made Liberal Democrats call on Government to “futureproof” infrastructure following reports of Underground failures Rennie to push amendments to housing bill Lib Dems table humble address to force […]
10-11 May 2025 – the weekend’s press releases
Davey creates ‘Reform Watch’ team to keep Trumpian councils honest Lib Dems call on Government to ‘step up’ and pay care workers properly Cole-Hamilton comments on Edinburgh cyberattack Davey creates ‘Reform Watch’ team to keep Trumpian councils honest Ed Davey has established a new national “Reform Watch’ scrutiny board, bringing together local Liberal Democrat leaders […]
15-16 March 2025 – the weekend’s press releases
Davey on PM’s virtual summit: only way to achieve peace is to strengthen Ukraine’s hand by seizing frozen Russian assets NHS England: Same urgency must now be shown for social care SNP RAAC response non-existent compared to England Rennie responds to Gilruth Dundee University comments Davey on PM’s virtual summit: only way to achieve peace […]
13 March 2025 – today’s press releases
Davey on PM speech: “we’ll never fix the NHS unless we fix social care” NHS England: welcome steps but won’t matter unless Streeting “stops ignoring the elephant in the room” Findlay should say if he agrees with Badenoch on maternity pay Davey on PM speech: “we’ll never fix the NHS unless we fix social care” […]
11 March 2025 – today’s Scottish press releases
Jardine calls for doubling of maternity pay Cole-Hamilton: We cannot fix A&E waits without fixing social care Carmichael calls for government response following shipping collision 1,065 drugs deaths last year Vacancies in majority of care homes and care at home services Rennie responds to Dundee University news Jardine calls for doubling of maternity pay Liberal […]
1-2 February 2025 – the weekend’s press releases
Davey: Chancellor must order economic forecasts on UK-EU customs union ahead of Spring Statement Cooper ruling out youth mobility scheme is “short-sighted and bitter blow to young people” Davey: PM must “drop his red line” on Customs Union as he meets EU leaders Scottish Liberal Democrats table amendment to erase SNP power grab “for good” […]
25-26 January 2025 – the weekend’s press releases
NHS: “bonfire” of targets shows shocking lack of ambition for patients Over 500 infrastructure incidents at delayed hospitals last year which now are “hanging by a thread” Councils paying £24,000 more a year per pensioner in nursing costs as Lib Dems call on govt to reverse “foolish” NICs hike Reeves on Kuenssberg: Chancellor’s approach to […]
23 January 2025 – today’s press releases
Government ruling out customs scheme with EU is an “act of economic negligence” NHS stats: government must convene COBRA amid surge in norovirus cases Lib Dems reveal private company overseeing hundreds of sewage dumps Scot Lib Dems push for prison suicide and fatal accident inquiry reform Cole-Hamilton comments on scrapping of doomed social care centralisation […]