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Wendy Chamberlain, Liberal Democrat MP for North East Fife, held a Westminster Hall debate to highlight serious failings in the Academic Technology Approval Scheme (ATAS), a system affecting academics and researchers applying for UK visas.
Scottish Liberal Democrat economy and finance spokesperson Jamie Greene MSP has said that an investigation must urgently get to the bottom of an enormous severance package paid to the former boss of CalMac which broke public finance rules.
Responding to the publication of the Scottish Budget, Scottish Liberal Democrat economy and finance spokesperson Jamie Greene MSP said:
Responding to figures which reveal that, in the last 12 months, operations activity remains 10.4% lower than pre-pandemic levels, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said:
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader and health spokesperson, Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP, has today slammed the SNP government for failing to tackle delayed discharge, as the number of people delayed in leaving hospital hit another high in November 2025.
Responding to new figures showing only 62.7% of people attending A&E were seen within the 4 hour target in the week ending 4th January 2026, while 3,385 people waited over 8 hours and 1,650 waited over 12 hours, Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said:
The anticipated Somerton and Frome election will be a close two horse race between the Lib Dems and the Conservatives.
The Liberal Democrats have today published a comprehensive blueprint for replacing the broken business rates system.