The latest news and press releases from the Edinburgh Liberal Democrats
Local updates from our Councillors, MSP and MP can be found on their respective pages.
Edinburgh’s Health and Social Care services were recently plunged into crisis as service demand and costs were racing ahead of this year’s forecasts.
This week, in a Council chamber fractured five ways, Lib Dem Councillors got some key policy wins for youth centres, libraries and new affordable housing.
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today called on regulators and the Scottish Government to clean up Edinburgh’s waterways.
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader and Edinburgh Western MSP Alex Cole-Hamilton has today called on the Scottish Government to secure Scottish tech talent and take action to ensure that digital skills training agency CodeClan is rescued from administration.
Local MSP Alex Cole-Hamilton has challenged the new First Minister to get to grips with Scotland’s sewage problem which saw tens of thousands of sewage releases in Scotlands water ways and beaches last year alone.
Christine has called for action from the council to support businesses badly affected by the closure of Haymarket for the City Centre West Edinburgh Link (CCWEL) roadworks.
Edinburgh West MP Christine Jardine has called on the UK Government to do more to support the hospitality sector in Scotland’s capital, ahead of the busy Festival season.
Edinburgh West MP Christine Jardine has called on the Department of Transport to cut waiting times for driving tests.
With work well underway at the junction, residents have raised concerns about the volume of traffic on Turnhouse Road - especially once schools go back in August.
Concerns have been raised around repeated break-ins at the empty Craigievar House
Two years ago, the Council resurfaced half of Clermiston Crescent - now they have finally completed the job!
Plans to overhaul the Barnton Junction, to improve traffic flow and make it safer for pedestrians and cyclists, will be consulted on later this year.
