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 […]
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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” […]
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” […]
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 […]
8 January 2025 – today’s press releases
Children’s Wellbeing Bill: Conservatives using victims as “political football” Davey: Adult Social Care Commission must be completed within one year MP Calls for Greater Support for Off-Grid Homes Children’s Wellbeing Bill: Conservatives using victims as “political football” Commenting on the Conservative amendment to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, Liberal Democrat Education Spokesperson Munira Wilson […]
Lib Dems call for faster action on social care in England
Senior Liberal Democrats have expressed concern that the Labour Government has finally done something about social care, but that Louise Casey’s review will not report until 2028. This has all the hallmarks of this crucial issue being kicked into the long grass, with potential for it to be lost in even deeper foliage beyond then. […]
3 January 2025 – today’s press releases
Shocking research reveals almost 4 in 5 car thefts go unsolved Davey: Social care commission “long overdue” Davey: social care review should be “done and dusted within a year” Flu admissions: alarming consequences from lack of winterpoofing SNP have starved local communities of funding for public toilets Shocking research reveals almost 4 in 5 car […]
22 November 2024 – today’s press releases
Davey: NICs hit is creating a perfect storm for the care sector Davey on Ofgem energy price rise: Freeze energy bills and reinstate Winter Fuel Payments Chamberlain calls for energy bills to be frozen and Winter Fuel Payments to be reinstated after energy price rise Davey: NICs hit is creating a perfect storm for the […]
21 November 2024 – today’s press releases
John Prescott: his legacy will be remembered far into the future Ofwat on water bill rises: once again the regulator is proving itself unfit for purpose ICC arrest warrants for Hamas and Netanyahu: UK government must uphold ruling Carers UK research: Government must recognise the critical role carers play Rennie comments on long-awaited Glen Sannox […]
31 October 2024 – today’s press releases
Ed Davey: Exempt social care from National Insurance tax hike Budget: online gambling tax “a missed opportunity” for fairer NHS and care funding Govt makes new commitment to create a ‘national cancer plan’ at Lib Dem led debate Scot Lib Dems respond to government ditching pilot of juryless trials Ed Davey: Exempt social care from […]