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.
The Council is developing plans to extend Craigmount High School to meet growing demand for school places due to new housing developments at Maybury and Cammo.
The council is carrying out a review of the polling districts which are used to manage elections.
Long-awaited work at the Maybury/Craigs Road junction has finally begun, but the knock-on effects have been huge.
The team have been working with the Friends of Gyle Park to address concerns about the lack of bins in local parks.
Alex has continued to challenge the SNP Scottish Government to take real action on the crisis in social care.
Edinburgh West MP Christine Jardine has called on the Government to produce a clear national action plan to tackle the PERT shortages which is severely affecting more than 61,000 people across the country.
