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Lib Dems reveal proposals to tackle challenges in Scotland’s classrooms

The Scottish Government has been accused of “chasing headlines and spurious gimmicks” on education, as the Liberal Democrats introduce proposals aimed at tackling challenges in the classroom. The party is calling for cuts to class sizes and a ...

28 Aug 2022 at 01:01

Scotland

Assisted dying campaigner says father would have chosen that option

A campaigner has said her father would have chosen to end his life with assisted dying had it been legal. Robert Easton – a former firefighter – died in June 2021 in a hospice of pancreatic cancer after considering taking his own life. His ...

28 Oct 2022 at 16:54

Sturgeon’s successor should drop National Care Service Bill, say opposition MSPs

Nicola Sturgeon’s successor should drop plans for a National Care Service (NCS), Scottish Labour and the Liberal Democrats have said. The two parties said the Bill for a new, centralised care service should be axed altogether. Recently, a ...

17 Feb 2023 at 00:01

Energy bill cuts and home insulation plan needed, says Lib Dem leader

Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey is calling for a cut to energy bills and a plan to insulate homes, ahead of the party’s Scottish conference. The Scottish Liberal Democrat spring conference will take place on Friday and Saturday in ...

10 Mar 2023 at 00:01

Scotland

Lib Dems are ‘credible alternative’ to SNP and Tories, says Cole-Hamilton

Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has insisted his party offers a “credible alternative” to the “stagnated status quo” at both Holyrood and Westminster. On the back of victories in the recent English local elections, ...

13 May 2023 at 00:01

Scotland

NHS staff faced almost 100,000 violent incidents in five years – figures

NHS staff in Scotland have dealt with almost 100,000 instances of violence or harassment in the past five years, figures have shown. A freedom of information request from the Scottish Liberal Democrats found 97,203 incidents were ...

22 May 2023 at 10:56

Independence can bring transformational change, Yousaf to tell SNP convention

Scotland has the power to achieve “transformational change” through independence, the First Minister is to declare. Humza Yousaf will tell those attending the SNP’s independence convention in Dundee on Saturday that the “failed ...

24 Jun 2023 at 00:01

Scotland

MSPs urged to consult terminally ill on assisted dying Bill

A Holyrood committee has been criticised for not consulting terminally ill people on legislation that would give them the right to end their life. The Humanist Society Scotland has written to the Health Committee urging it to ...

29 Oct 2024 at 16:29

Scotland

Ministers accused of being ‘missing in action’ as A&E performance declines

Ministers are “missing in action” over A&E, the Scottish Conservatives have claimed after waiting times worsened. Public Health Scotland statistics released on Tuesday show 62.3% of people were seen within four hours in the ...

22 Oct 2024 at 12:49

Scotland

Delayed discharge figures prompt calls for ministers to scrap care service plans

Scottish ministers are being urged to invest cash earmarked for the planned National Care Service into frontline services – with opposition parties insisting such action is necessary to tackle delayed discharges. ...

05 Nov 2024 at 15:30

Scotland

I’ll vote down a budget with penny of independence spending, says Cole-Hamilton

The leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats has said he would vote down any Holyrood budget that contains spending on independence. Alex Cole-Hamilton said he would instruct his MSPs to vote against a budget ...

24 Nov 2024 at 11:41

Scotland

Maths to form ‘central focus’ of curriculum improvement plans, says Gilruth

Maths will be the “central focus” of curriculum improvements, Scotland’s Education Secretary has said, as figures showed the poverty-related attainment gap increased in some areas. In a statement to the ...

12 Dec 2023 at 16:03

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