Women Lead the Way: Lib Dems celebrate women with two by-election wins and a new leader
Milton Keynes’ Liberal Democrat Group celebrate their double by-election win and a new leader.
26 Nov 2024
NHS waiting list is still more than 860,000 long
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP today called on the Health Secretary to rewrite the failed NHS Recovery Plan as statistics revealed that 863,535 people were stuck on an NHS waiting list.
26 Nov 2024
242 homeless deaths in 2023
Responding to the news that an estimated 242 people died while homeless in Scotland in 2023, with the number of deaths attributed to drug misuse increasing to two fifths of total deaths, Scottish Liberal Democrat housing spokesperson Paul McGarry said:
26 Nov 2024
Cole-Hamilton: Thousands waiting for care at home need support now
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader and health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has called on the Scottish Government to get to grips with the crisis in social care by providing proper support for staff and services, after new figures showed that nearly 1
26 Nov 2024
Cole-Hamilton: SNP's never-ending A&E crisis is failing staff
Responding to new figures showing only 63.5% of people attending A&E were seen within the 4 hour target in the week ending 17th November, while 3,147 people waited over 8 hours and 1,394 waited over 12 hours, Scottish Liberal Democrat Leader and health sp
26 Nov 2024
Tim Farron challenges Environment Secretary over sewage spills in Windermere
On the floor of the House of Commons last night, Cumbrian MP Tim Farron urged the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs, Steve Reed, to take urgent action to protect Windermere from sewage dumping.
26 Nov 2024