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Responding to new figures from the Scottish Government’s Business Insights and Conditions Survey which shows that in July 2024, 31.2% of businesses reported experiencing a shortage of workers, including 42.5% in the Construction industry, Scottish Liberal
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has today pressed the Scottish Government over what assessment has been done of the impact of an almost £1m funding cut to cancer research in the Scottish Government’s latest budget.
Scottish Liberal Democrat economy spokesperson Willie Rennie has written to the UK government’s Secretary of State for Business and Trade Jonathan Reynolds urging him to assess the future prospects of the Dalzell steel mill.
Speaking after this afternoon’s summit of party leaders in Bute House, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader and Edinburgh Western MSP Alex Cole-Hamilton said:
Responding to new Public Health Scotland figures which showed 1,991 were stuck in hospital in June due to their discharge being delayed, the highest number of people delayed since the guidelines were updated in 2016, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has today congratulated pupils on their exam results but raised concerns over falling pass rates, the rising attainment gap and errors which have seen pupils receive blank emails in place of their grades
The Liberal Democrats have today published a comprehensive blueprint for replacing the broken business rates system.