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Responding to new figures showing that only 64.5% of patients attending A&E were seen within the four-hour target time, with just 41.4% seen on time in the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader and health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said:
Responding to an opinion poll commissioned by BBC Scotland showing that one in five people said they or a family member had paid for private healthcare in the past twelve months, and that three quarters of them would have preferred to use the NHS, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader and health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said:
Speaking after the first week of SNP hustings and the appearance of candidates on The Sunday Show and Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said:
Scottish Liberal Democrat spokesperson for connectivity Beatrice Wishart MSP has today revealed that 300,000 young people are still missing out on bus passes despite the Scottish Government spending more than £1 million on a national marketing campaign to promote free bus travel for under 22s.
As new statistics show that across Scotland in 2022 people spent just under 2,000 years waiting to be discharged, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader and health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has called on the SNP leadership contenders to scrap the National Care Service if elected as First Minister.
Responding to the news that an improved pay offer will be put to teachers and that strike action will be suspended, Scottish Liberal Democrat education spokesperson Willie Rennie MSP said:
Her service; her sense of selflessness; her steadfast commitment to the nation. These values and her service have defined Her Majesty’s seven decade reign, and will continue to define her.
Richard is an incredible candidate, whose dedication to others has shone not only through his career, but also in his voluntary roles in the community.
Scrapping the Protocol would represent a new low. It would be an egregious breach of international law.
The anticipated Somerton and Frome election will be a close two horse race between the Lib Dems and the Conservatives.
Liberal Democrats want a way forward which works for Britain - that cuts down red tape, reduces costs for businesses and makes people better off as a result.
The Liberal Democrats have today published a comprehensive blueprint for replacing the broken business rates system.
