Operations activity 10% lower than pre-pandemic
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:
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:
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:
Speaking ahead of the Scottish Budget, Scottish Liberal Democrat economy and finance spokesperson Jamie Greene MSP said:
Scottish Liberal Democrat economy spokesperson Jamie Greene MSP has today challenged the SNP government to boost support for small business as he revealed that while more than 99% of businesses are small or medium sized enterprises, more than half of gove
Scottish Liberal Democrat economy spokesperson Jamie Greene MSP has today said that the SNP government should immediately rethink their revaluation of non-domestic business rates, following changes in how rates are calculated for pubs in England.
At today’s session of First Minister’s Questions, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP raised the case of a woman from the Far North who has been stuck in hospital for over 400 days because a shortage of carers means she cannot return h
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