Liberal Democrats will vote against NICs rise to protect small businesses
Ahead of the vote to raise employers’ National Insurance today (3rd December), Liberal Democrat Scottish Affairs spokesperson Christine Jardine MP said:
3 Dec 2024
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Cole-Hamilton responds to Auditor General NHS Report
Responding to the Auditor General’s embargoed report which finds the Scottish Government has no clear plan to address the operational pressures on the NHS or reform services, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said:
3 Dec 2024
Public trust in decline after two decades of SNP failure
Scottish Liberal Democrat Willie Rennie MSP has today said that people “feel like nothing works anymore” under the SNP after a new official survey found that trust in the Scottish Government dropped by 10% in a year and trust in public services fell on ev
2 Dec 2024
McArthur expresses delight as UK Parliament backs Assisted Dying bill
Speaking after MPs voted in favour of Kim Leadbeater's assisted dying bill in the UK Parliament this afternoon, Scottish Liberal Democrat MSP Liam McArthur said:
29 Nov 2024
Key mental health targets breached for 168,000 people
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton today marked ten years since Scotland’s mental health waiting targets were introduced by revealing that they have been breached for at least 168,128 people on the SNP Government’s watch.
1 Dec 2024
Scot Lib Dems reveal 27,954 empty homes across Scotland
Scottish Liberal Democrat housing spokesperson Paul McGarry has today accused the SNP of a “massive failure” to tackle the housing crisis after new research by his party uncovered that almost 28,000 homes are lying empty across Scotland.
30 Nov 2024