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Responding to reports that the SNP will attempt to open negotiations on Scottish independence with the next UK Government if it wins a majority of Scottish seats at the next general election, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton said:
Responding to the first results of the 2022 census, which show that while Scotland’s population is now at its highest ever recorded, the rate of growth was one of the slowest in the UK (2.7%) and without immigration the population would have decreased by
Responding to a new report published by the Care Inspectorate and the Scottish Social Services Council which shows that nearly half (49%) of all care services in Scotland reported having vacancies at the end of 2022, the highest level since publication of
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has today written to the First Minister calling on him to refer himself to the Independent Adviser on the Scottish Ministerial Code.
Responding to the news that Forres Academy in Moray has been closed to pupils for two days while structural engineers assess a “higher level of risk” from dangerous concrete, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said:
Scottish Liberal Democrat communities spokesperson Willie Rennie MSP has called for an increase in the capacity of the winter vaccination programme after people in constituency faced problems when trying to book appointments.
The Liberal Democrats have today published a comprehensive blueprint for replacing the broken business rates system.