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Visitor tax, nice idea but flawed

Angus MacDonald MP sets out his views on the Tourist Visitor Levy proposed by the Highland Council and concludes it is an idea that has merits but is fundamentally flawed.

18 Dec 2024

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Angus MacDonald speaking in the House of Commons

Angus confirms he will vote against assisted dying

Angus MacDonald MP reconfirms his concerns about the proposed assisted dying legislation

28 Nov 2024

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Why I will vote against Assisted Dying

Angus MacDonald sets out his reasons for opposing the Assisted Dying Bill

4 Nov 2024

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Angus MacDonald Responds to Key Budget Announcements

Angus MacDonald calls upon the Scottish Government to use new funding from Westminster to improve infrastructure in the Highlands, including the Belford Hospital replacement, the Corran ferry, new schools in Inverness, and improvements to the A( and A82.

30 Oct 2024

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Opinion - Health Minister visits Fort William

SNP Health Minister Neil Gray, fails to confirm that the Belford Hospital is at the top of his government's priority projects during a visit to Fort William.

28 Oct 2024

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Renewable schemes must provide real benefit to Highland communities

MacDonald focuses in Maiden Speech on providing communities with real benefit from renewables in their area.

6 Sep 2024

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More than 440,000 police officer and staff days lost to mental health since 2019

Scottish Liberal Democrat justice spokesperson Liam McArthur has today urged the SNP to do far more to support police officers and staff as he revealed that the number of working police officer and staff days lost to mental health absences has risen sharp

9 Jan 2025

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Scot Lib Dems respond to Scottish Labour budget abstention

Responding to Anas Sarwar's announcement that Scottish Labour will abstain on the forthcoming Scottish budget, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton said:

7 Jan 2025

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Christmas A&E waits among the worst ever

Responding to new figures showing only 58.4% of people attending A&E were seen within the 4 hour target in the week ending 29th December, while 3,860 people waited over 8 hours and 1,642 waited over 12 hours, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader and health sp

7 Jan 2025

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4 in 10 Scots go without recent dentist check-up

Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today urged the SNP to finally end the crisis in NHS dentistry after his party revealed that almost 40% of those registered with a dentist haven’t managed to see one in the past two years.

5 Jan 2025

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Just 38 upskirting cases a year being passed to Crown Office

Scottish Liberal Democrat justice spokesperson Liam McArthur MSP has today called on the Scottish Government to resolve obstacles preventing upskirting cases from being taken forward as he revealed new figures showing that an average of just 38 cases per

4 Jan 2025

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SNP have starved local communities of funding for public toilets

Scottish Liberal Democrat communities spokesperson Willie Rennie has today criticised cuts to local authority funding which have seen the number of public toilets fall by 25% since the SNP came to power and four local authorities no longer having any publ

3 Jan 2025

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Munira Wilson speaking in the House of Commons

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Protecting children from sexual abuse

No child should ever have to experience sexual abuse. These are horrifying crimes that cause so much harm to the children who are victims. We will keep up the pressure so that the action needed to make our communities safe all children finally happens.

MW

by Munira Wilson

8 Jan 2025

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