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Green industrial strategy must get away from short-termist and incompetent SNP decision making
Responding to the Scottish Government’s launch of its Green Industrial Strategy, economy spokesperson Willie Rennie MSP said:
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“Added level of bureaucracy”: Yet more opposition to SNP’s care service takeover
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today responded to the GMB’s decision to oppose the SNP’s centralised takeover of care services, urging ministers to scrap their plans and…
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Rennie responds to Children’s Commissioner free school meals comments
Responding to the Children’s Commissioner’s criticism of the Scottish Government’s decision to scrap plans for universal free school meals for primary pupils, which included her stating “warm words…
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Rennie responds to Michael Matheson’s return to parliament
Responding to former Health Secretary Michael Matheson returning to the Scottish Parliament after serving a record ban for breaching parliament’s expenses policy, Scottish Liberal Democrat Willie…
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Winter Fuel vote: Cut will be deeply worrying to millions
Responding to the vote to cut the Winter Fuel Payment, Scottish Liberal Democrat deputy leader Wendy Chamberlain MP said:
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Stone elected Chair of the Petitions Committee
Jamie Stone, MP for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, has been announced as the new Chair of the Petitions Committee, after being elected unopposed.
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Cole-Hamilton: Supporting 168,000 Long Covid sufferers is vital economic investment
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today attacked the SNP's limp and lacklustre" response to Long Covid as a new report revealed that 168,000 people in Scotland have reported…
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Alcohol deaths highest in 15 years
Responding to the news that the number of people in Scotland whose death was caused by alcohol is at the highest level in 15 years, with 1,277 people dying from alcohol-specific causes in 2023,…
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Carmichael confirmed as Rural Affairs Select Committee Chair
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has today been confirmed as the Chair of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Select Committee in Parliament, after being nominated unopposed.…
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589 people die from suspected drug death in first half of 2024
Responding to new figures published by the Scottish Government which show that 589 people died of a suspected drug death in the first six months of 2024, including 269 deaths between April and June,…