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Responding to representatives of the EIS union branding the Scottish Government's discussions on teacher pay as "disingenuous" and "stubborn" and their warning "The cold, hard truth is that, despite all their public claims of ‘working tirelessly’ and ‘turning over every stone’ to reach agreement, their entrenched position and refusal to offer any compromise at all leaves teachers, children and young people, and their parents facing the prospect of continuing and escalating strike action in Scotland’s schools", Scottish Liberal Democrat education spokesperson Willie Rennie said:
Responding to the report in the Daily Record today that Glasgow City Council is drawing up plans to axe free school meals during the school holidays despite rising demand, Scottish Liberal Democrat communities and education spokesperson Willie Rennie MSP said:
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader and health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today criticised the government’s “unacceptable failure” to support the dental sector as he revealed that in the first eight months of the year, the number of dentists providing NHS services fell by 8% compared to pre-pandemic numbers.
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader and health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today revealed that the number of claims for payment made by dentists for NHS appointments have fallen by more than 50% in some health boards since 2019, as he called on the Health Secretary to deliver a new recovery plan which will prioritise and support the dental sector.
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has today revealed that the patients have waited more than three years for dental treatments as he called on the Health Secretary to deliver a new recovery plan to help the sector recover.
The Liberal Democrats have today published a comprehensive blueprint for replacing the broken business rates system.