Davey: Chancellor must order economic forecasts on UK-EU customs union ahead of Spring Statement Cooper ruling out youth mobility scheme is “short-sighted and bitter blow to young people” Davey: PM must “drop his red line” on Customs Union as he meets EU leaders Scottish Liberal Democrats table amendment to erase SNP power grab “for good” […]
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25-26 January 2025 – the weekend’s press releases
NHS: “bonfire” of targets shows shocking lack of ambition for patients Over 500 infrastructure incidents at delayed hospitals last year which now are “hanging by a thread” Councils paying £24,000 more a year per pensioner in nursing costs as Lib Dems call on govt to reverse “foolish” NICs hike Reeves on Kuenssberg: Chancellor’s approach to […]
23 January 2025 – today’s press releases
Government ruling out customs scheme with EU is an “act of economic negligence” NHS stats: government must convene COBRA amid surge in norovirus cases Lib Dems reveal private company overseeing hundreds of sewage dumps Scot Lib Dems push for prison suicide and fatal accident inquiry reform Cole-Hamilton comments on scrapping of doomed social care centralisation […]
22 January 2025 – today’s press releases
Borrowing figures: Another sign the Chancellor’s Budget has not worked OBR Report: Farm tax will penalise farmers for practically no benefit Cole-Hamilton: SNP must scrap social care power grab now OBR Report: Farm tax will penalise Welsh farmers for practically no benefit OBR Report: Farm tax will penalise farmers and crofters for little benefit to […]
3 January 2025 – today’s press releases
Shocking research reveals almost 4 in 5 car thefts go unsolved Davey: Social care commission “long overdue” Davey: social care review should be “done and dusted within a year” Flu admissions: alarming consequences from lack of winterpoofing SNP have starved local communities of funding for public toilets Shocking research reveals almost 4 in 5 car […]
22 November 2024 – today’s press releases
Davey: NICs hit is creating a perfect storm for the care sector Davey on Ofgem energy price rise: Freeze energy bills and reinstate Winter Fuel Payments Chamberlain calls for energy bills to be frozen and Winter Fuel Payments to be reinstated after energy price rise Davey: NICs hit is creating a perfect storm for the […]
21 November 2024 – today’s press releases
John Prescott: his legacy will be remembered far into the future Ofwat on water bill rises: once again the regulator is proving itself unfit for purpose ICC arrest warrants for Hamas and Netanyahu: UK government must uphold ruling Carers UK research: Government must recognise the critical role carers play Rennie comments on long-awaited Glen Sannox […]
31 October 2024 – today’s press releases
Ed Davey: Exempt social care from National Insurance tax hike Budget: online gambling tax “a missed opportunity” for fairer NHS and care funding Govt makes new commitment to create a ‘national cancer plan’ at Lib Dem led debate Scot Lib Dems respond to government ditching pilot of juryless trials Ed Davey: Exempt social care from […]
29 October 2024 – yesterday’s press releases
Social Care Crisis: We need cross party talks now Cole-Hamilton: SNP have left A&E in permanent crisis Cole-Hamilton comments as thousands wait on social care support More than a quarter of kids have tooth decay Social Care Crisis: We need cross party talks now Responding to Wes Streeting’s comments on the morning round about the […]
7 October 2024 – today’s press release
STUC withdraw support for SNP takeover of care services Responding to the news that the STUC has withdrawn support for the Scottish Government’s proposed centralisation of care services, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton said: For too long an attitude of “SNP ministers know best” has blighted the management of public services. This legislation has […]