Scot Govt challenged over the future of HIE
The Scottish Government has been urged to allay concerns that its public service reforms could become “yet another attempt to centralise Highlands and Islands Enterprise”.
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The Scottish Government has been urged to allay concerns that its public service reforms could become “yet another attempt to centralise Highlands and Islands Enterprise”.
The Culture Secretary will visit the Caithness Broch Project, the pioneering heritage charity behind ambitious plans to build the world’s first full-scale, historically accurate broch in 2,000 years.
The Health Secretary has agreed to visit Highland Hospice to learn more about how its End of Life Care Together partnership with NHS Highland is helping to deliver care for people at home and reduce delayed discharges from hospital.
The Scottish Government’s review of their wildfire strategy must “look again” at recruitment challenges and “test why the current model isn’t working for rural communities”, Far North MSP David Green has said.
The First Minister has been warned that NHS Highland’s oncology staffing crisis is the “consequence of a national shortage of oncologists” and has been urged to bring forward a 10-year NHS workforce plan that is “finally fit for purpose.”
The Scottish Government is being urged to introduce a range of measures, including a dedicated fund, to support local journalism and by doing so protect local democracy and strengthen communities.
Responding to new figures showing that in the week ending 30th August, 11,811 patients waited over 4 hours, the second highest number of people to wait over 4 hours in a week, while 4,457 waited over 8 hours, and 1,880 waited over 12 hours, Scottish Liber
Scottish Liberal Democrat education spokesperson Duncan Dunlop MSP has today said that reports in the 2025 PISA study of a shortage of teachers and school staff is directly linked to the mess the SNP have made of teacher training, which is “preventing chi
Scottish Liberal Democrat justice spokesperson Yi-pei Chou Turvey MSP has today sought an urgent meeting with Neil Gray, Scottish Justice Secretary, after failing to receive a response to her party’s letter to the First Minister about tackling violence ag
Responding to the embargoed news that Scotland has recorded its worst ever results for reading and maths in the PISA international comparison of 91 countries’ education systems, Scottish Liberal Democrat education spokesperson Duncan Dunlop MSP said:
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has today said that the Scottish Government must press ahead with measures to ensure that MSPs are subject to the same child protection and vulnerable adult checks as teachers and social workers.
Scottish Liberal Democrat environment spokesperson Sanne Dijkstra-Downie has today written to the Cabinet Secretary Gillian Martin demanding that the SNP start taking the sewage crisis seriously.
Ed Davey’s speech from the Liberal International’s London Security Conference 2026 at the National Liberal Club
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