Commission to look into violence against women and girls
Scottish Liberal Democrats this week called for a commission to look into violence against women and girls and consider ways to make society more...
19 Mar 2021
National News from the Liberal Democrats
Crime
Everything has to change
This collective outpouring of grief has to be a watershed moment.
DC
15 Mar 2021
West Lothian Council budget cuts to hit tenants
If you live in a Council house in West Lothian, your rent will be going up by 3% next year. The Council's decision will hit people who are...
11 Mar 2021
Lib Dems win hundreds of millions of extra funding for schools, mental health, business support and councils
At this time of crisis for our country, the very least that the public can expect is that political parties work together to put the recovery from the...
10 Mar 2021
Shocking rise in domestic abuse
It has been shocking to learn this week that West Lothian has reported the greatest increase in domestic violence incidents in Scotland in the past...
7 Mar 2021
Litter, litter, everywhere...
Virtually everybody I have spoken to in Livingston South during these past few months has told me how absolutely fed up they are with the amount of...
2 Mar 2021
Youth unemployment in West Lothian has doubled
A report in the Linlithgow Gazette shows that the number of young people enduring unemployment in West Lothian has doubled during the pandemic. The...
25 Feb 2021
The need for local input in healthcare decision-making
The SNP have been centralising NHS services under the radar for years and sadly this pandemic has exposed the fault-lines in their mis-managed policy....
18 Feb 2021