Over a quarter of children and young people referred to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in Scotland are waiting over 18 weeks for treatment, according to recent figures from Public Health…
Scottish Liberal Democrats this week called for a commission to look into violence against women and girls and consider ways to make society more hospitable to them. Party leader Willie Rennie and…
If you live in a Council house in West Lothian, your rent will be going up by 3% next year. The Council's decision will hit people who are struggling with rising fuel costs and reduced income.…
At this time of crisis for our country, the very least that the public can expect is that political parties work together to put the recovery from the pandemic first. Liberal Democrats have…
Last night I attended an incredibly moving and humbling event at the Scottish Parliament run by the Scottish Women’s Convention to mark International Women’s Day We all know how amazing and…
It has been shocking to learn this week that West Lothian has reported the greatest increase in domestic violence incidents in Scotland in the past year, up by a staggering 18%. It is true to say…
Virtually everybody I have spoken to in Livingston South during these past few months has told me how absolutely fed up they are with the amount of litter in our green spaces. We have some…
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…
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…
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…