First Rwanda flight is "cynical nonsense"
Responding to the reports in the Sun that Britain has removed the first failed asylum seeker to Rwanda, Liberal Democrat Home Affairs Spokesperson Alistair Carmichael MP said:
1 May 2024
Ed Davey says voters are fed up with “out of touch Conservatives” on visit to Tunbridge Wells
On Wednesday 1st May Ed Davey will be making a final local elections campaign visit to the key blue wall battleground of Tunbridge Wells.
1 May 2024
Homelessness figures: Ban no fault evictions before more families made homeless
The Liberal Democrats have called on the government urgently to bring in a ban on no fault evictions, after the latest homelessness figures revealed that 34,220 households were threatened with homelessness between October and December last year.
1 May 2024
Uber Ambulance: Thousands in need of urgent care making their own way to A&E
There has been a near 40% increase in the number of patients in need of “very urgent emergency care” making their own way to A&E over the past five years, Freedom of Information requests (FOIs) by the LiberalDemocrats have revealed.
1 May 2024
West Lothian
Statement on resignation of Humza Yousaf
It’s been another tumultuous week at Holyrood as the SNP enter another phase of their lengthy psychodrama, leaving Scotland without a First Minister for the second time in two years.
1 May 2024
General News and Press Releases
McArthur warns against ferries task force ‘being stuck in dry dock’
Orkney’s MSP Liam McArthur has today asked the Scottish Government for assurances over the future of the Orkney Ferries Task Force, following Humza Yousaf’s resignation as First Minister.
1 May 2024