Council opposition “must be final nail in coffin” for care service takeover

Responding to the news that COSLA has voted to withdraw support for the SNP’s ministerial takeover of social care services, Scottish Liberal Democrat Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said:

“This must be the final nail in the coffin for this ill-fated power grab. It would wrench away control from local communities and completely fail to tackle the core problems in social care.

“Waiting for the wrong solution in 2029 isn’t going to fix the care crisis that thousands of families are struggling with right now. It’s why councils have followed frontline workers in withdrawing their support.

“My party is the only one to have opposed this legislation from day one. With purse strings tight it is madness to continue with a billion-pound bureaucracy that no one wants. Ministers must scrap it immediately and instead use the earmarked money to invest in frontline staff and services.”