Under the Government’s plans, all pensioners earning £35,000 a year or less will now have their Winter Fuel Payments reinstated this winter. However, those who are now eligible but lost out last winter won’t be reimbursed under the Government’s plans.
I want to start by once again thanking every single person who wrote to me about the issue of Assisted Dying. The feelings and personal stories shared were so important in shaping my decisions through all the votes in parliament...
The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill returned to the House today for the final stages of the Report Stage and the Third Reading debate at the end of which MPs voted on the Bill.
What do you say, Tony Vaughan? What do you say, Sojan Joseph?
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today written to the SNP Government following reports that ministers banned Ukraine from using medical supplies donated by Scotland’s NHS to treat wounded soldiers on the front line.
Responding to the news that MPs have backed a bill legalising assisted dying in England and Wales, Scottish Liberal Democrat Liam McArthur MSP said: