Inmates packed in like sardines at crowded prisons, Lib Dems warn
The majority of Scotland’s prisons were at or beyond their maximum capacity last month, figures show.
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Police Scotland spending almost £1m a year hiring vehicles
POLICE Scotland have spent £2.8 million hiring vehicles for special events in the last three years, research has found.
Faulty white goods cause an average 70 fires a month in Scotland – figures
An average of 70 fires a month in Scotland are caused by faulty white goods such as washing machine, tumbles dryers, and cookers according to new figures.
Household goods involved in an average 70 fires a month in Scotland – figures
An average of 70 fires a month in Scotland involved white goods and domestic appliances such as washing machine, tumble dryers, and cookers according to new figures.
Scottish Liberal Democrats fined £500 over 2016 election spending
The Scottish Liberal Democrats have been fined £500 for failing to deliver accurate spending returns in the 2016 Scottish Parliament election.
Obesity gap widening among P1 children in Scotland, figures reveal
P1 children from the poorest areas are almost twice as likely to be at risk of obesity as those from the least deprived areas, new figures show.
Scottish Lib Dems would back boycott of tests for Primary One pupils
THE Scottish Liberal Democrats would support a boycott of controversial tests for primary one pupils, the party's leader will tell members.
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.
Willie Rennie calls on UK to turn to ‘common sense’ federalism
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.