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Fuel poverty rises by 23%
Responding to the news that the percentage of people living in fuel poverty increased by 23% between 2019 and 2022, Scottish Liberal Democrat climate emergency spokesperson Liam McArthur MSP has…
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Cole-Hamilton: Decision on Aberdeen RAAC rehoming will turn hundreds of lives upside down
Responding to Aberdeen City Council’s decision to move out the residents of more than 500 homes as soon as possible, including 364 council properties, following independent structural engineers'…
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Cole-Hamilton raises shocking disparities in cancer care
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has today raised the case of Gill Gooding and called for all Scots to have access to the highest quality of cancer care regardless of where they…
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Satisfaction with public transport drops by 10% since 2019
Scottish Liberal Democrat transport spokesperson Daniel O’Malley has today called on the SNP-Green Government to make public transport more affordable and accessible, after new figures revealed that…
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Time to press destruct on the SNP’s billion-pound bureaucracy
Speaking ahead of the forthcoming Scottish Parliament vote on the Scottish Government’s social care plans, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has described the plans as "outrageously…
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Scotland’s GDP shrinks twice as fast as UK as a whole
Responding to new statistics showing that Scotland’s GDP fell by 0.6% between October and December 2023, shrinking twice as fast as the fall recorded for the UK as a whole, Scottish Liberal Democrat…
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Cole-Hamilton comments on Scottish Budget
Commenting on the Scottish Budget as it was debated at Stage 3 in Parliament this afternoon, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said:
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Cole-Hamilton responds to neonatal deaths review
Responding to the publication of the Healthcare Improvement Scotland’s report on neonatal mortality, which indicated that more comprehensive reviews of neonatal deaths were needed, following a spike…
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Scottish Government “not making a dent” in attainment gap
Scottish Liberal Democrat education spokesperson Willie Rennie has today said that ministers and education bosses are not making a dent in bringing down the attainment gap for those leaving school.
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McArthur comments on uptick in recorded crime
Responding to new recorded crime figures which show that total recorded crime is up 5%, while shoplifting is up 37%, Scottish Liberal Democrat justice spokesperson Liam McArthur said: