Liberal Democrats

Kevin Lang, Liberal Democrat councillor for Almond ward looks into traffic issues at the Barnton Road traffic junction

Forget gestures, in the end all politics is local - Kevin Lang

Angus MacDonald is elected to the Inverness, Skye, and West Ross-shire constituency

Carrying forward Charles Kennedy’s legacy with pride - Alex Cole-Hamilton

abour leader and incoming Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and wife Victoria enter 10 Downing Street

Watch: Keir Starmer makes first speech as Prime Minister outside No 10

General Election 2024’s 7 best campaign moments and gaffes.

General Election 2024 7 best campaign moments and gaffes

Cancer took the lives of both Ed Davey's parents while he was still very young

Scotland's postcode lottery for cancer care - Alex Cole-Hamilton

Residents are railing against the potential loss of the Roseburn cycle path to make way for the latest tram extension (Picture: Greg Macvean)

Edinburgh residents up in arms as future of Roseburn Path uncertain

Edinburgh Leisure, which runs the council's swimming pools and sports centres, says it doesn't have funds to pay real living wage this year

Councillors vote against paying real living wage to Edinburgh Leisure staff

​Social media giants should help fund mental health care - Alex Cole-Hamilton

Edinburgh Council's SNP group leader Adam Nols-McVey

SNP remains the party of workers - Adam Nols-McVey

39% of children can't see a dentist - and it's worse for adults

Cllr Kevin Lang (Lib Dem)

Never let a good crisis go to waste - Kevin Lang

Rishi Sunak and Suella Braverman’s Illegal Migration Bill is back in Parliament. Credit: Getty Images

How the Conservatives are turning politics ugly - Alex Cole-Hamilton

Once members of Edinburgh Council's ruling coalition, Labour's Cammy Day ousted the SNP's Adam McVey as leader after last year's election

Dear Cammy, city may have ‘historical charm' but it's got big problems too

More than 200 roads, pavements and paths are to be repaired in Edinburgh (Picture: Ian Rutherford)

Council set to fix roads, pavements and paths across the city. No thanks to SNP!

NHS hospitals in England are battling sewage issues

NHS hospitals battle sewage leaks and maintenance issues

Stock image of fly tipping, by John Devlin.

Fly-tipping going almost unpunished

Liberal Democrats obtain data through freedom of information request

Dan Barker, PA Scotland

Kevin Lang and colleagues protesting over plans to build on greenbelt land at Cammo

City can build thousands of new homes without trashing greenbelt – Kevin Lang

Martin Lewis has revealed that he applied recently to become a member of the House of Lords but was turned down.

Martin Lewis says he was rejected by House of Lords

Councillor Cammy Day (Labour) has pledged to work in collaboration with other parties after becoming Leader of Edinburgh City Council following last month's local elections. PIC: Scott Louden.

All councillors need to knuckle down and find a way of working together

Ashley Graczyk

Labour's council alliance with Tories is a slap in the face of Edinburgh voters ...

Party leader Neil Kinnock pictured in front of an anti-poll tax banner at a Scottish Labour Party conference on local government in Edinburgh in January 1988.

26 pictures to transport you back to life in Edinburgh in 1988

Despite Labour having just 13 out of 63 councillors, group leader Cammy Day managed to take control of the council, with help from the Liberal Democrats and Tories (Picture: Scott Louden)

Angry SNP need to knuckle down after Cammy’s ‘coup’ – Steve Cardownie

Sally Pattle -Lib Dems.

Linlithgow local committee chair chosen by drawing lots

The Lib Dems have called for more electric charging points across Scotland

Massive expansion in car chargers needed in Scotland, say Lib Dems

John Cleese, Neil Innes, Michael Palin and Eric Idle dressed as Arthurian knights on the set of Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Picture: John Downing/Express/Getty Images)

Brave Sir Robert and his Lib Dem knights seem scared of power – John McLellan

Council coalition negotiations - your views online

Edinburgh's voters may have spoken, but councillors will need to keep listening to their views (Picture: Peter Summers/Getty Images)

Here's what the city's councillors need to do now

As the dust settles on the local council elections, a number of things have become clear.

Robert Aldridge

Nicola Sturgeon, seen joining a hen-party on Portobello beach, may regret the SNP's election strategy in Edinburgh (Picture: Lesley Martin/PA Wire)

SNP has blown chance to dictate the agenda by being too timid – Steve Cardownie

Voting Liberal Democrat is a way to bring about change, says Alex Cole-Hamilton (Picture: Danny Lawson/PA)

What are the Liberal Democrats for? – Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP

Only 33% of candidates running in Scotland's upcoming local elections are women (Photo: Rui Vieira/PA Wire).

Only 33% of candidates running in May local elections in Scotland are female

All the parties in the council elections have pledged to end scenes like this in Edinburgh.

All parties vow to clean up Edinburgh's streets in election pledges

Two of the three Lib Dem candidates for Midlothian wards, Ken Brown and Jenny Marr.

Liberal Democrats unveil Midlothian candidates for upcoming council election

Lib Dem candidates helped launch the manifesto outside the City Chambers

Lib Dems set out stall for council elections

Pic Lisa Ferguson. Liberal Democrats' Christine Jardine.

Edinburgh West MP claims pensioners have been left out in the cold due to broken...

Disgraced: Prince Andrew may not remain The Duke of York if local councillors vote to strip him of it.

Royal scandal: York councillors seek to remove Duke's freedom of the city

Community councillors in Corstorphine have been at the forefront of a campaign about parking problems

Edinburgh's community councils need you! – Robert Aldridge

Kevin Lang says the number of bins in the city has been reduced in recent years

City's streets getting dirtier

Willie Rennie meets some penguins at Edinburgh Zoo (Picture: Lisa Ferguson)

Why Rennie has been a great Liberal Democrat leader – Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP

Willie Rennie meets some penguins at Edinburgh Zoo (Picture: Lisa Ferguson)

Why Rennie has been a great Liberal Democrat leader – Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP

Thousands of drivers with more than 12 points have been allowed to continue driving

68 points and still driving: the repeat offenders allowed to keep their licences

Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie staged this photocall in South Queensferry.

Local Lib Dem convener quits over Rennie photo stunts

An emergency department nurse. Picture: PA

'100 years' of NHS staff time lost each month to mental illness during pandemic

Paddy Ashdown (right) and Lord Holme congratulating Shirley Williams on her speech at the Liberal Democrats Conference in Brighton.

Shirley Williams dies aged 90

The latest Holyrood poll shows an independence 'super-majority'

Salmond and Galloway 'set to enter parliament' according to new poll

The elections will take place in Scotland on 6 May.

Scottish election 2021: Full list of candidates in Scotland ahead of May 6

The Scottish Liberal Democrats want the starting age for school in Scotland lifted to seven. Picture: Leon Neal/Getty Images

Push for school starting age in Scotland to be raised to seven

The Princess Alexandra NHS Eye Pavilion on Chalmers Street (Picture: Greg Macvean)

Ex-surgeon's strong words over Eye Pavilion should carry weight –Steve Cardownie

Judith Coulson campaigning to see her mother, who is in a care home, for longer.

Campaign to change rules on care home visits gains 90,000 signatures

Progress Scotland director Angus Robertson

Independence is not a lifeboat back to EU - your views

Picture: Scott Louden

NHS Lothian paid £28 million in repayments for delayed new Sick Kids hospital

Time for Greens to stand up and be counted - your views

Transport and Environment Convener Councillor Lesley Macinnes

Edinburgh councillors in war of words over road works delay

The Lib Dems say the number of tests per capita in Scotland is lower than elsewhere in the UK. Picture: JPI Media

Scots testing levels lower than in England, research shows

President-elect Joe Biden speaks in Wilmington, Delaware on Monday, as Vice President-elect Kamala Harris looks on (Picture: Carolyn Kaster/AP)

My friend was just elected President (and Biden won too) – Alex Cole-Hamilton

Nicola Sturgeon can be aggressive when answering MSPs’ questions, but at least she delivers full answers (Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire)

Political parties’ names could change post-Indy