Birmingham
1,800 job losses at Birmingham City Council
As the fallout from Birmingham Labour's financial failures continues, staff contemplate job losses as services are redesigned.
16 Jan 2024
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Lib Dems launch library petition
Opposition Liberal Democrat councillors in Haringey have launched a petition to scrap Labour's library cuts.
HLD
16 Jan 2024
Chinese surveillance cameras still have not been removed from Scottish Government properties
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today accused ministers of “lazy digital hygiene” as a freedom of information request published on the Scottish Government website revealed that cameras made by the Chinese firm Hikvision are sti
16 Jan 2024
Cole-Hamilton responds to Horizon statement
Responding to the Lord Advocate’s statement on the Horizon IT prosecutions, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said:
16 Jan 2024
A&E waiting times worst for a year
Responding to new figures showing only 59.4% of people attending A&E were seen within the 4 hour target in the week ending 7th January, while 4,439 people waited over 8 hours (the worst performance in a year), Scottish Liberal Democrat leader and health s
16 Jan 2024
Hazel Grove
Councillors’ unanimous call for government to fund councils properly
At Full Council last Thursday, councillors unanimously agreed with a motion that condemned the Tory government for continuing to fail to fund councils properly following the announcement of the provisional Local Government Finance Settlement.
16 Jan 2024