Death rate in prisons trebled over last decade
Responding to a new Scottish Government report which shows that the rate of those dying in custody has trebled since 2012, with 25 individuals dying within a week of entering prison and a further 35…
Responding to a new Scottish Government report which shows that the rate of those dying in custody has trebled since 2012, with 25 individuals dying within a week of entering prison and a further 35…
Responding to new national statistics showing that Scotland’s GDP fell by 0.3% between April and June, Scottish Liberal Democrat economy spokesperson Willie Rennie MSP commented:
Responding to the latest Public Health Scotland figures, which showed that 152,606 people are waiting on NHS lists for key diagnostic tests as of 30th June 2023, almost 72% higher than the…
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader and health spokesperson, Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has called on the Scottish Government to deliver urgent support for social care services and abandon plans for a…
Scottish Liberal Democrat communities spokesperson Willie Rennie MSP has today called on the SNP/Green Government to take urgent action to combat homelessness across the country, after official…
Responding to the news that the number of people in Scotland whose death was caused by alcohol has risen again to the highest level in 14 years, with 1,276 people dying from conditions caused by…
The Liberal Democrats have urged Rishi Sunak to call an urgent COBRA meeting after UK air traffic control systems have been hit with a “technical issue
Scottish Liberal Democrats have today called for the Scottish Government to record and publish all sewage discharges and deliver legally binding targets to tackle sewage dumping as it emerged civil…
Scottish Liberal Democrats have today set out how the SNP and Greens will hammer households with a storm of council tax rises in the middle of a cost-of-living crisis, as the party revealed how more…
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has today warned that the new boss of the country’s Scottish Government-owned water company must earn his vast pay packet by driving down sewage…