Cole-Hamilton presses SNP over failure to deliver Erasmus replacement
Speaking after this afternoon's Scottish Government statement responding to this week's EU-UK Summit, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said:
20 May 2025
Save our green belt
The Government has doubled the housebuilding target for Stockport, weakened the protections on a third of our precious green belt, and is forcing the Council through Ministerial Directives and threats to adopt a Local Plan which will let developers target green belt first.
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Save our green belt
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Greene responds to Liberty Steel news
Responding to the news that Sanjeev Gupta is seeking to adjourn a winding-up petition that could force his UK operations into compulsory liquidation, Scottish Liberal Democrat economy spokesperson Jamie Greene MSP said:
20 May 2025
McArthur comments on young offender death inquiry
Responding to the fatal accident inquiry into the death by suicide of Jack Mackenzie at YOI Polmont which concluded that the prison service "closed ranks" and that failing to discipline prison officers after an inmate took his own life "condoned" bad prac
20 May 2025
Rennie: Decline in college staff shows SNP neglect of further education
Scottish Liberal Democrat education spokesperson Willie Rennie MSP has said that a decline in college staff illustrates the SNP’ s neglect of the economy and further education, as he urged the government to deliver on funding secured by the Liberal Democr
20 May 2025
Lib Dems: UK Govt must ensure households compensated if worse off after RTS shutdown
Liberal Democrat MP for Orkney and Shetland Alistair Carmichael MP has today called on the UK Government to require energy suppliers to compensate households in full if they requested a replacement meter before the RTS shutdown but failed to receive one.
20 May 2025
Lib Dems launch petition to stop unwanted crematorium at Mepal
Liberal Democrats on East Cambridgeshire District Council have launched a petition against Conservative plans to build a crematorium on the site of the former Mepal Outdoor Centre.
20 May 2025
