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Willie Rennie

SNP miss key target on child poverty

Responding to the news that the SNP Government have failed to meet their interim target for child poverty, with 22% of children still living in relative poverty, Scottish Liberal Democrat communities spokesperson Willie Rennie MSP said:

27 Mar 2025
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Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP

Cole-Hamilton calls for swift local access to a GP

Responding to a new report from the Auditor General for Scotland which warns that the Scottish Government’s GP plan is failing to deliver, the estimated number of whole-time equivalent GPs has fallen, spending on general practice as a proportion of overal

27 Mar 2025
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Willie Rennie

Only 1 in 4 new teachers get a stable job

Scottish Liberal Democrat education spokesperson Willie Rennie MSP has today said the SNP have let down teachers and pupils after new figures revealed that the number of newly qualified teachers finding permanent employment has fallen by more than half in

25 Mar 2025
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