Edinburgh
Calls for Edinburgh Speeding Fines Pilot
In November the Lib Dems won all-party support for a motion calling for Edinburgh to be given special permission for a speeding enforcement pilot.
5 Dec 2022
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Edinburgh litter bins should double as recycling bins
Lib Dems' Councillor Caldwell secured a key vote in the Chambers today for Edinburgh's litterbins to also take recycling.
24 Nov 2022
Edinburgh
Lib Dems win exploration of 'Hopper' bus fares
Councillor Thornley wins Council backing to explore 'hopper fares' for two journeys or more.
22 Sep 2022
Edinburgh
Liberal Democrats back sensible regulations for Short Term Lets
Lib Dem Councillors in Edinburgh today backed a ‘sensible’ licensing policy on both existing and new Short Term Lets across Edinburgh at the Council’s Regulatory Committee.
22 Sep 2022
Edinburgh
Edinburgh must lead on pavement parking ban
Edinburgh must aim to be one of the first councils to fully implement the new ban on pavement parking, Liberal Democrats have said.
25 Aug 2022
Edinburgh
Spaces for People decision “an early and important test” for new Labour administration
Liberal Democrats in Edinburgh have called on the new Labour administration to listen to the results of the recent consultation on the city’s ‘spaces for people’ schemes, describing this as an early and important test of Labour’s promised change in approach.
12 Aug 2022
News from Local Councillors, MSPs and MPs
NHS waiting list is still more than 860,000 long
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP today called on the Health Secretary to rewrite the failed NHS Recovery Plan as statistics revealed that 863,535 people were stuck on an NHS waiting list.
28 Nov 2024
Cole-Hamilton: SNP's never-ending A&E crisis is failing staff
Responding to new figures showing only 63.5% of people attending A&E were seen within the 4 hour target in the week ending 17th November.
28 Nov 2024
Jardine Calls for Energy Bills to be Frozen and Winter Fuel Payments to be Reinstated
Edinburgh West MP Christine Jardine has called on the Government to freeze energy bills following Ofgem’s announcement that the energy price cap will go up again in January.
25 Nov 2024
Cole-Hamilton attacks national insurance impact on GPs and care providers
Speaking in the debate on the impact of National Insurance increases on public services.
25 Nov 2024
Cole-Hamilton comments on Audit Scotland report
Responding to the embargoed report by Audit Scotland that the Scottish Government’s reliance on ‘short-term decisions’ will mean ‘public services will come under further threat.'
25 Nov 2024
Jardine Shocked by New Edinburgh Housing Inflation Figures
Edinburgh West MP Christine Jardine has said she is shocked at newly released housing inflation figures, showing that prices in Edinburgh have risen nearly three times faster than in the rest of the UK.
25 Nov 2024