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McArthur writes to MSPs about timeline for assisted dying bill
Orkney MSP Liam McArthur has today written to MSP colleagues to provide an update on his Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill.
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SNP cancel bus fund after spending less than 6% - Rennie
Scottish Liberal Democrat Willie Rennie MSP has today questioned connectivity minister Jim Fairlie on revelations that the SNP government spent less than 6% of a now-cancelled fund to improve bus…
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McArthur responds to news that more crimes will not be investigated
Responding to the press release from Police Scotland declaring that a pilot scheme which saw some crimes going uninvestigated will be expanded to the whole of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrat…
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Carmichael calls for UK ban on imports from illegal Israeli settlements
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has today called for the government to commit to banning the importation of goods produced in illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank in Palestine.…
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Scot Lib Dems respond to a spring budget that lets down NHS and mortgage holders
Responding to the Spring Budget, Liberal Democrat Scottish Affairs spokesperson Christine Jardine said:
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Cole-Hamilton: SNP cut £30m from mental health despite missing targets yet again
Scottish Liberal Democrat Alex Cole-Hamilton has today said that the future for young people’s mental healthcare is grim, after new figures revealed that the referral to treatment target for child…
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Lib Dems reveal some of the biggest nationalist failures on the international stage
As the SNP bring a debate on Scotland’s place in the world to Parliament this afternoon, Scottish Liberal Democrat Willie Rennie MSP has today revealed some of the biggest failures by the SNP and…
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More than 1,800 people stuck in hospital
Responding to new Public Health Scotland figures which show 1,860 people were stuck in hospital due to their discharge being delayed, with 57,860 days being spent in hospital by people waiting to be…
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January the worst month on record for waits over 12 hours at A&E
Responding to new figures showing only 65.5% of people attending A&E were seen within the 4 hour target in January, the worst since December 2022, while 8,857 people waited over 12 hours, the worst…
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Scot Lib Dems respond as council debt at record levels
Responding to the publication of the Scottish Local Government Finance Statistics showing total council debt rising to a record £21.8 billion, an increase of £1.25bn in just a year, Scottish Liberal…