Helen Morgan challenges Chancellor over Winter Fuel Payment cuts
Helen Morgan has challenged the new Government over Winter Fuel Payments and fair rural funding as she got straight back to action in Parliament this week.
3 Sep 2024
Scottish Government cuts money from mental health, GPs and NHS training
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has today hit out at a “fiscal firestorm” of SNP cuts.
3 Sep 2024
Rennie demands answers on attainment gap
Scottish Liberal Democrat Willie Rennie MSP today challenged Education Secretary Jenny Gilruth on the SNP's promise to close the poverty related attainment gap.
3 Sep 2024
Mental health treatment targets missed as 2,163 people wait over a year
Scottish Liberal Democrat Alex Cole-Hamilton today said Scotland needs world class mental health services after new figures showed the mental health waiting times targets being missed yet again for children and adults.
3 Sep 2024
Nursing and midwifery vacancies still far too high
Responding to new NHS Scotland workforce statistics showing that there are 3,102 nursing and midwifery vacancies as at the quarter ending June 2024, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader and health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said:
3 Sep 2024
Labour Council to Write Off £2.7 million of Debt
Southwark Council has taken the decision to write off £2.68 million of rental arrears owed to it, some of which have been left for as long as 13 years, and some individual debts up to almost £20,000.
3 Sep 2024