Scottish Liberal Democrats

Homelessness can lead to early and preventable death

Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats and MSP - Alex Cole-Hamilton

People are sometimes waiting hours on end for an ambulance

New approach to fix crisis in social care - Alex Cole-Hamilton

We can reinvigorate that sense in young people of having a stake in the society around them

Finding fault with youth of today nothing new - Alex Cole-Hamilton

The Lib Dems have a plan to end ‘dental deserts’

Patients pay the price for dental crisis

Liz Truss during the Conservative Party Conference at the International Convention Centre in Birmingham. Picture: Jacob King/PA Wire

Race to the bottom in the Tory party - Alex Cole-Hamilton

Nicola Sturgeon and John Swinney during the 2014 indy campaign

After 10 years Scotland has chance to move on - Alex Cole-Hamilton

Prime Minister, Keir Starmer's Labour party hold 411 seats in Parliament

Our electoral system needs a PR makeover - Alex Cole-Hamilton

Lib Dem Christine Jardine boosts majority in Edinburgh West

Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey took a bungee jump during a visit to Eastbourne Borough Football Club in East Sussex while on the General Election campaign trail. Picture: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire

Behind the stunts there’s a serious message - Alex Cole-Hamilton

General election 2024: All you need to know about Edinburgh West

Alex Cole-Hamilton during a visit to Craigie's Farm in South Queensferry to launch the party's general election manifesto

RHS shows us the vitality of rural Scotland - Alex Cole-Hamilton

Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton and Liberal Democrat deputy leader Wendy Chamberlain during a visit to Craigie's Farm in South Queensferry to launch the party's General Election manifesto

Care is at the heart of who we are - Alex Cole-Hamilton

Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey and Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton launch the Scottish party’s election campaign in North Queensferry. As part of the campaign launch, the leaders of the Liberal Democrats and the Scottish Liberal Democrats met with candidates, parliamentarians and activists

We’ll get the basics right for young people - Alex Cole-Hamilton

Newly elected leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) John Swinney, sits in the chamber at the Scottish Parliament on Tuesday May 7

We want to bring people back together - Alex Cole-Hamilton

Wendy Chamberlain, Lib Dem MP for North East Fife

At last, some recognition for our nation's carers...

We must aim to lessen the load on GPs - Alex Cole-Hamilton
When I was little, I struggled with my ears. That was partly a listening thing (my teachers and my parents would attest to that) but I was also massively prone to ear infections.
Alex Cole-Hamilton

The figures were branded 'heart-breaking'

Hundreds of Lothian children suffering overdoses every year

Ex-US president Richard Nixon admitted his complicity in the Watergate affair in 1974

We need to safeguard accountability and transparency in politics - Alex Cole-Ham...

Flood damage in River Street, Brechin after Storm Babet

Storm Babet underlines need for climate emergency relief fund - Alex Cole-Hamilt...

Alex Salmond, then SNP leader and his deputy Nicola Sturgeon, stand with the SNP's newly-elected MSPs after taking their oath in a swearing in ceremony at the Scottish Parliament in May 2007 (Picture: Getty)

The SNP tax bombshell just around the corner - Alex Cole-Hamilton

In Scotland 1,051 people died as a result of drug overdoses in 2022

Modest progress on drug deaths hides fact we still have mountain to climb - Ale...

Victims may feel they run the risk of being stigmatised

We need to talk about ‘stealthing’ - Alex Cole-Hamilton

Flames burn a forest during a wildfire in Vati village, on the Aegean Sea island of Rhodes, southeastern Greece, on Tuesday. A third successive heatwave in Greece pushed temperatures back above 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) across parts of the country following more nighttime evacuations from fires that have raged out of control for days. (Picture: AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Greek fires show we must double down on Eco policy - Alex Cole-Hamilton

Humza Yousaf's SNP is haemorrhaging support (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

SNP support is in freefall. I've never known anything like it

Protesters pictured outside the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow earlier this year

Abortion clinic buffer zones should be a high priority for Yousaf

Nicola Sturgeon signs her official letter of resignation as First Minister to King Charles III (Picture: Jane Barlow/PA)

Why I stood to become Scotland's next First Minster – Alex Cole-Hamilton

Alex Cole-Hamilton has called for Barry Martin to be awarded the George Cross posthumously in honour of his extraordinary bravery.

Cole-Hamilton calls for George Cross for Edinburgh firefighter
“Where we run from danger, those like Barry run towards it, endeavouring to keep us safe.”
Kevin Quinn

As many as 1 in 6 people are resorting to DIY healthcare in Scotland after failing to secure a GP appointment, new research by Scottish Liberal Democrats found. PIC: Polina Tankilevitch/www.pexels.com

Rise in DIY healthcare echoes the backstreet surgery of Dickensian Britain

Stock image of fly tipping, by John Devlin.

Fly-tipping going almost unpunished

The NHS is struggling with a huge gap in its budget (Picture: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

National Care Service is an SNP power grab – Alex Cole-Hamilton

Alex Cole-Hamilton has been officially sanctioned by the Kremlin (Picture: Ian Walton/Getty Images)

Since I became Scottish Lib Dem leader, I've been having the time of my life

Firefighters were called to two fires in West Lothian on Wednesday afternoon.

MSP calls for crackdown on barbecues

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

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

Pollution, in the form of items like wet wipes and sanitary products, in a Midlothian burn

Fat-cat Scottish Water bosses pocketed £227k in bonuses

The new Sick Kids hospital exterior, covered in the potentially dangerous cladding.

Urgent action demanded over Edinburgh Sick Kids hospital's cladding

A record 143 candidates are standing in the May elections

Record number of candidates for council election: Here's the full list

Alex Cole-Hamilton has set out new proposals designed to help children and young people escape the impact of poverty.

Lib Dems launch proposals to combat child poverty

Changes to the law around fire alarms came into force at the beginning of February, but a shortfall of approved devices is even impacting the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service.

Anger as firefighters forced to install alarms which flout new safety law

Education Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville is under pressure over classroom ventilation

Lack of ventilation action 'leaving children shivering', say Lib Dems

Scotland has by far the highest drug death rate of any country in Europe.

More than 850 babies born 'addicted' to drugs in Scotland since 2017

Nicola Sturgeon and Health Secretary Humza Yousaf need to be more open about the effects of the Omicron Covid variant (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell-Pool/Getty Images)

SNP need to be open about Omicron impact – Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP

Covid Scotland: Hospitality businesses need to be compensated 'pound for pound' if Nicola Sturgeon announces official advice on cancelling Christmas parties says Alex Cole-Hamilton

Alex Cole-Hamilton calls for compensation if Christmas parties are cancelled

If Scottish politics is reduced to a choice between two nationalisms, then everybody loses (Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images)

Why the Scottish Liberal Democrats still have hope – Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP

New Scottish Liberal Democrats leader Alex Cole-Hamilton. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Alex Cole-Hamilton named new Scottish Liberal Democrats leader

Alex Cole-Hamilton is to stand for the leadership

Why I'm standing to be leader of Scottish Liberal Democrats – Alex Cole-Hamilton

An emergency department nurse. Picture: PA

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

The isolation experienced by many during the Covid lockdown can lead to serious depression for some (Picture: Dominic Lipinski/PA)

SNP must wake up to Scotland's mental health crisis – Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP

Students at Edinburgh University pre-Covid-19.

Calls to delay student return to Scottish universities until February

Refunds to delayed passengers increased in the year before the pandemic lockdown. Picture: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

Delayed passengers paid £1.1m by ScotRail

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon was accused of planning Brexit 2 by Willie Rennie

Nicola Sturgeon accused of planning 'Brexit 2' with IndyRef2 despite pandemic

AC May has lived in the Lothians for 25 years

Lib Dems select candidate for Midlothian South

Scottish students stage exam results protests in Edinburgh and Glasgow

Sturgeon and Swinney warned to 'get exam results fixed or go'

John Swinney is Nicola Sturgeon's number two, but is facing mounting pressure from opposition parties following the exam results controversy.

John Swinney 'determined to address' exam results anger

Scotland's most deadly roads

These are the 10 Scottish roads with the highest number of fatal accidents

The M8 is listed as one of Scotland's most dangerous roads.

Scotland's most dangerous trunk roads revealed