All the latest news from the Highland Liberal Democrats.
The Scottish Government is being urged to urgently step in to find a replacement for lifeline services from Wick airport in response to Eastern Airways facing administration.
Angus MacDonald, MP for Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire, and Kate Forbes, MSP for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, are co-hosting a conference on adult social care in Fort William on Friday 24th October.
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is being urged to reconsider and broaden its current ‘Access to Cash’ policy to include an ‘Access to Banks’ provision following the recent mass closure of local bank branches across the UK.
The Highland Liberal Democrats have called for a new law to strengthen rural communities, accusing the SNP government of “a broken relationship with rural Scotland” that has left many rural areas forgotten and left behind.
Far North Liberal Democrats Jamie Stone and David Green have written to the Secretary of State for Transport to raise concerns regarding the backlog of practical driving tests in the Highlands.
The Scottish Government and NHS Highland are being urged to set out a timetable for collating the information required for Scottish Ministers to make a decision in response to calls for an independent review of maternity services in Caithness.
Responding to new figures showing that in the week ending 6th September, 4,397 patients waited over 8 hours and 1,883 waited over 12 hours, Scottish Liberal Democrat health spokesperson Adam Harley MSP said:
Scottish Liberal Democrat housing spokesperson Morven-May MacCallum MSP has said she is concerned the SNP is “going backwards” on removing dangerous cladding.
Scottish Liberal Democrat health spokesperson Adam Harley MSP has today said that the SNP are set to break a key promise to recruit more GPs, as new figures revealed they have hired a mere 10% of the number pledged.
Speaking ahead of a debate in the Scottish Parliament on preventing violence against women and girls, Scottish Liberal Democrat justice spokesperson Yi-pei Chou Turvey has called on the government to finally implement promised protections.
Responding to the First Minister meeting with the leaders of other devolved governments, Scottish Liberal Democrat David Green MSP said:
Scottish Liberal Democrat health spokesperson Adam Harley MSP has today said that struggling to access healthcare has become “a universal experience” for people across the country, as he highlighted multi-hour waits for patients phoning NHS Scotland’s 111
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