Alison Bennett
Alison Bennett slams government for “tone deaf” refusal to reverse family farm tax
Alison criticised the Government for refusing to listen to farmers.
23 Oct 2025
National News
Put Naloxone kits in defib-style community boxes says Scot Lib Dem leader
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today visited The Thistle Safer Drug Consumption Facility in Glasgow, where he met with staff, spoke about his party’s plans for tackling Scotland's drug deaths crisis and called for naloxone kit
23 Oct 2025
Lib Dems call for real support for farmers at NFU conference
Scottish Liberal Democrat agriculture spokesperson and lead candidate for Mid Scotland & Fife Claire McLaren has today warned that farmers continue to face the same fundamental problems and warned that the Scottish Government are not doing enough to suppo
23 Oct 2025
Carmichael challenges ministers over allocation of fishing community fund
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has today challenged the government to give a more proportionate share of the Fishing and Coastal Growth Fund to Scotland. The fund is being delivered based on proportions of the UK population, with 8% of the f
23 Oct 2025
Adam Dance MP slams Government delay to SEND reforms as “an absolute betrayal”
Liberal Democrat MP for Yeovil, Adam Dance, has criticised the Government’s decision to delay publishing its long-promised Schools White Paper — which includes reforms to the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) system — until 2026.
23 Oct 2025
Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for the constituency of Hamble Valley
The Local Party Executives of Eastleigh, Fareham and Winchester Liberal Democrats invite applications for selection as the Prospective Westminster Parliamentary Candidate for the constituency of Hamble Valley.
23 Oct 2025