Scottish Liberal Democrats

Parties reveal candidates for European Parliament election

Some of Scotland’s main political parties have revealed their candidate lists for the European Parliament elections.

Police call handlers heading for the exits over pay cuts, warns Willie Rennie

Hundreds of call handlers at Police Scotland could be forced to quit over cuts to pay and changes to working conditions, Willie Rennie has warned.

Cross-party MSPs oppose calls to legalise assisted suicide

Politicians from across the political spectrum have joined together to oppose efforts to legalise assisted suicide in Scotland.

Scottish Government criticised as hundreds of GPs and dentists retire early

The Scottish Government’s health workforce planning has been criticised after it was revealed hundreds of doctors and dentists have retired early.

Number of self-harm incidents in Scottish prisons ‘devastating’, says MSP

The funding of mental health care for Scotland’s prisoners must be increased after the number of self-harm incidents “skyrocketed”, an MSP has said.

Scottish Lib Dems bid to lower age for new politicians

THE Liberal Democrats have lodged a motion at Holyrood calling for the minimum age for candidates standing in Scottish Parliamentary elections to be lowered to 16.

Fears over number of prisoners who have served short-term sentences while pregnant

CONCERNS have been raised about the number of pregnant women who have served short-term prison sentences in the last five years.

Liberal Democrat MSP complains to Ofcom about ‘Trumpian’ SNP party political broadcast

A Liberal Democrat MSP has written a letter of complaint to Ofcom and laid a motion in the Scottish Parliament in response to a party political broadcast by the SNP.

SNP presiding over ‘crisis’ in education as teacher posts unfilled, say Lib Dems