Sandgate and West Folkestone Focus October 2024
The latest Sandgate and West Folkestone update from your Lib Dem team: through doors soon!
25 Oct 2024
SNP ignore Parliament with hundreds of thousands of ‘Thatcherite’ P1 tests
Scottish Liberal Democrat education spokesperson Willie Rennie MSP has today called on the SNP Government to finally end their “Thatcherite” testing of Primary 1 pupils after new research revealed thousands of tests are still taking place
25 Oct 2024
Cole-Hamilton: Greens have wasted £30m on care centralisation
Responding to reports that the Scottish Greens will debate dropping support for the Scottish Government’s care centralisation at their forthcoming conference, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton said:
25 Oct 2024
Cole-Hamilton: A&E in crisis as winter looms
Responding to new figures showing only 62.3% of people attending A&E were seen within the 4 hour target in October, while 3,518 people waited over 8 hours and 1,634 waited over 12 hours,
25 Oct 2024
Jardine Introduces Bill to Improve Support for Bereaved Children
Edinburgh West MP Christine Jardine has introduced legislation calling for improved mechanisms of support for children who suffer a bereavement.
25 Oct 2024
McArthur responds to First Minister "wrestling" with assisted dying
Responding to comments from John Swinney today in which the First Minister said he is still “wrestling” with whether he believes in assisted dying, Liam McArthur MSP said: “The current law on assisted dying is failing too many terminally ill Scots, often
25 Oct 2024