Scot Lib Dems respond to Spring Statement
Responding to the Chancellor’s Spring Statement, Liberal Democrat Scottish Affairs spokesperson Christine Jardine MP said:
26 Mar 2025
News
Public transport usage still well down on pre-pandemic figures
Scottish Liberal Democrat transport spokesperson Daniel O’Malley has today said that the SNP Government have used the pandemic to permanently downgrade public transport as new figures showed that public transport usage is still well down on pre-pandemic l
25 Mar 2025
Only 1 in 4 new teachers get a stable job
Scottish Liberal Democrat education spokesperson Willie Rennie MSP has today said the SNP have let down teachers and pupils after new figures revealed that the number of newly qualified teachers finding permanent employment has fallen by more than half in
25 Mar 2025
Dramatic drop in housebuilding exposes SNP’s mistakes
Scottish Liberal Democrats today said the SNP’s cut to the housing budget has made the housing crisis worse after new statistics revealed dramatic falls in the number of housebuilding completions and starts.
25 Mar 2025
More than 9,000 people in limbo for social care
Responding to new Public Health Scotland figures which show that 9,381 people are either waiting for a social care assessment or have been assessed and are waiting for a care at home package, an increase on last month, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Ale
25 Mar 2025
Cole-Hamilton: Cancer waiting times “nowhere near good enough”
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today told the SNP Government that cancer waiting times are “nowhere near good enough” as new figures show that waiting times for cancer treatment are among the worst ever.
25 Mar 2025
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Giving communities more power over their local economies
Our market system should balance businesses’ needs and the rights and freedoms of workers.
LD
14 Sep 2024
Economy & Business
A share buyback tax to boost growth and fund public services
Liberal Democrats are calling for a bold share buyback tax that would incentivise productive business investment, support the transition to net-zero and help raise vital funds for our public services.
LD
31 May 2024
Cost of living
£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