New analysis carried out by Edinburgh Western MSP Alex Cole-Hamilton and the Scottish Liberal Democrats shows that over 150,000 scheduled operations have been lost to the pandemic between March and December 2020.

Edinburgh has received a grant of nearly £300,000 from the Woodland Trust’s Emergency Tree Fund to help its tree-planting drive and become a Million Tree City by 2030. But more are needed if the capital is to become carbon neutral by 2030.

Regulators must act to stop the decline in ATMs and ensure public access to cash. A group of MPs, led by Liberal Democrat Jamie Stone, has written to the Payments Systems Regulator (PSR), asking it to review the fees paid by banks to ATM providers when their customers withdraw cash.

After questioning the First Minister following a statement on drugs policy, Scottish Liberal Democrat health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP commented:

Edinburgh Western MSP Alex Cole-Hamilton questioned the Cabinet Secretary for Health today at Parliament about when we can expect the move in to the new Sick Kids Hospital to be completed. 

Edinburgh Council’s ruling SNP and Labour coalition is set to fail on its flagship house building promise, according to new figures compiled by the Liberal Democrats.

Edinburgh West MP, Christine Jardine, has welcomed the news that insurers will have to pay out on disputed coronavirus claims following a supreme court ruling.

The UK is the first country to approve three vaccines to counter the virus but now faces a monumental deployment task.

Local Lib Dem MSP, Alex Cole-Hamilton has demanded that SNP Ministers make a New Year's Resolution to address the crisis in NHS waiting times.

West Edinburgh Liberal Democrat MSP, Alex Cole-Hamilton has called on the Scottish Government to make sure they learn the lessons of the 2020 exams fiasco ahead of this year's assessments.