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Youth unemployment in West Lothian has doubled
A report in the Linlithgow Gazette shows that the number of young people enduring unemployment in West Lothian has doubled during the pandemic. The number of young people claiming unemployment benefits went up from 650 to 1265 between January and December 2020. That's higher than the national av...
The need for local input in healthcare decision-making
The SNP have been centralising NHS services under the radar for years and sadly this pandemic has exposed the fault-lines in their mis-managed policy. The Scottish Liberal Democrats have long campaigned for decentralised health services. We believe that decision-making power should lie with healt...
The mask is slipping in the SNP
The vaccine roll-out appears to be little more than a trickle in West Lothian. Despite weeks of empty rhetoric and talk of targets being met, we are hearing daily of vulnerable people who have yet to be contacted about their first vaccination, let alone their second.
Catch up with Caron
I'm sitting watching the First Minister announce, for what are sensible and scientifically justifiable reasons, that we will still be in lockdown until the end of February. That means that campaigning in the Livingston South by-election is going to have to be a bit different.
Alex Cole-Hamilton presses Scottish Government on Sick Kids delay
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. Today, she told him that the revised date of the end of January is now set for March 23rd. The opening of th...
COVID has brought unique challenges for the disabled
I found it really chilling recently to see that a survey had found that many disabled people in Scotland were more worried about their mental health deteriorating than catching Covid-19. I attended an event at the Festival of Politics last week to hear about the effect of the pandemic on peo...
Livingston South Survey
The Coronavirus pandemic has had a huge impact on our lives, our economy and our communities in the last 4 months. It's made us all think about what's important. I want to find out how you are feeling and what changes you would like to see to local services. If you could take a few minutes to answer some questions about the issues most important to you - and pose me some of your own, I'd really appreciate it.
