Cole-Hamilton sets out expectations for Programme for Government

Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today set out a series of policies that the Scottish Government must include in the forthcoming programme for government.

These include ensuring swift local access to healthcare, recruiting more teachers to ensure Scotland is at the forefront of industries like renewable energy and precision medicine and speeding up the delivery of key infrastructure routes.

Mr Cole-Hamilton said:

“The SNP have offered the same dusty hat of policies for the last eighteen years, but they aren't pulling out any rabbits.

“Their failures are evident across our health system: in the pressures facing GPs, in the near extinction of NHS dentistry.

“They have failed all those Highland communities that just want the government to deliver on a near 20-year-old promise to make a main road safe.

"People deserve better than SNP neglect, Labour's jobs' tax and the Conservatives' reckless unfunded promises.

"There are a host of areas where the government needs to urgently press ahead: reforming business rates, dualling the A9 and A96, finally getting serious about industrial strategy and recruiting the teachers needed to put Scotland at the forefront of industries like renewables, AI, defence and precision medicine.

"We should not accept that miserable growth is the best that Scotland can do. We have a country packed with talent, aspiration and creativity but at the moment it is being held back by the establishment parties and their lack of ambition.

“It’s time for a change: Scottish Liberal Democrats have a plan to get everyone the health care they need, lift up our education system, grow our economy and deliver for every corner of the country."