Third consecutive year of falling teacher numbers
Scottish Liberal Democrat education spokesperson Willie Rennie has today called on the Scottish Government to turn around a third consecutive year of falling teacher numbers.
10 Dec 2024
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833 suspected drug deaths in just 9 months
Responding to Police Scotland figures showing that there were 833 suspected drug deaths between January and September 2024, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said:
10 Dec 2024
Record high levels of delays in leaving hospital
Responding to new figures showing that in 2023/24 there were 666,190 days spent in hospital by people whose discharge was delayed, the highest annual figure since records began, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said:
10 Dec 2024
Cole-Hamilton: SNP failure has left A&E stuck in crisis
Responding to new figures showing only 59.5% of people attending A&E were seen within the 4 hour target in the week ending 1st December, the joint 5th worst on record, while 4,145 people waited over 8 hours and 2,076 waited over 12 hours, Scottish Liberal
10 Dec 2024
12 hour A&E waits 139 times worse than when the SNP came to power
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader and health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton has today called on the SNP to tear up its failing NHS Recovery Plan, following new analysis from the Scottish Liberal Democrats which shows that by October 2024 more people had a
8 Dec 2024
40% of Scots expect more small business closures due to national insurance hike
Two fifths of Scots expect to see an increase in the number of SMEs closing in their local areas as a result of the NIC hike by the government, new polling commissioned by the Liberal Democrats has revealed.
6 Dec 2024
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£9bn mortgage bombshell this year with commuter belt areas hardest hit
Families who remortgaged in 2023 are facing a mortgage bombshell of almost £9bn this year, with commuter belt areas in the Blue Wall hardest hit, new analysis commissioned by the Liberal Democrats has revealed.
LD
22 May 2024
Lib Dems Winning
Lib Dems win more seats than Conservatives in 2024 Local Election
For the first time since 1996 the Liberal Democrats won more seats than the Conservatives in the Local Elections.
LD
9 May 2024
LGBT+
10 years celebrating love
Ten years ago today, the UK’s first same-sex marriages took place.
ED
29 Mar 2024