Alex Cole-Hamilton’s New Year’s Message
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton said:
31 Dec 2023
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Nationalised ScotRail has already spent £330k on rail replacement taxis
Scottish Liberal Democrats have today revealed that more than £330,000 has been spent on taxis to replace cancelled rail services since ScotRail was taken into government hands in April 2022.
31 Dec 2023
McArthur: Police officer days lost to mental health up almost 40%
Scottish Liberal Democrat justice spokesperson Liam McArthur MSP today said that police officers and staff are being hung out to dry as he revealed that almost 90,000 days of officer and staff time have been lost due to mental ill health over the past tw
30 Dec 2023
Scottish flood defence projects are overbudget and years behind schedule
Scottish Liberal Democrat rural affairs spokesperson Beatrice Wishart MSP has today hit out at the Scottish Government as she revealed that of the 42 flood protection schemes identified for delivery between 2015 and 2021, only 15 have been completed. Five
29 Dec 2023
Families waiting eight years for fatal accident inquiries to be completed
Scottish Liberal Democrat justice spokesperson Liam McArthur MSP has today revealed that the longest outstanding waits for fatal accident inquiries (FAI) in Scotland now run to almost a decade, as he described the current system as “unfit for purpose” and
28 Dec 2023
Sluggish government could take 100 years to insulate homes
Scottish Liberal Democrat communities spokesperson Willie Rennie MSP has today questioned why the Scottish Government’s home insulation and energy efficiency scheme is so limited in ambition, as he revealed that at the present rate, it will take almost 10
27 Dec 2023