The SNP Government have at last admitted defeat and scrapped the damaging and costly centralisation proposals for local community care – but only after incurring costs of over £30 million.
£1 million more for hospices, extra funding for social care, investment in local GP services to make it easier to see a doctor, more funding for additional support needs to help pupils and their teachers – and more funding for Council services. These are
27th December 2024 Local Liberal Democrats are demanding urgent action to combat Scotland’s mental health emergency. Freedom of Information requests by the Scottish Liberal Democrats have revealed that the SNP Government’s mental health treatment time..
23rd December 2024 Local Liberal Democrats have called on the Westminster government to extend the 21st December deadline for pensioners to apply for this year’s Winter Fuel Payment, warning that tens of thousands of older people risk missing out.
23rd December 2024 The Chancellor’s Budget hike in Employers’ National Insurance charges is hugely damaging to local and national care services, Hospices and all sorts of Voluntary Sector bodies delivering vital services, according to local Liberal Dem
5th December 2024 “The SNP Scottish Government’s budget has a strong sense of smoke and mirrors about it,” according to South Lanarkshire’s Liberal Democrat Group Leader Councillor Robert Brown. Commenting after the Scottish Budget, Robert Brown went on: