Tom Gordon MP, has backed the new Harrogate Youth Hub ahead of its opening on the 11th of November and called for it to be the start of a serious local push to tackle the growing number of young people not in education, employment or training (NEET).
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today questioned whether the SNP government can truly offer any hope when the number of people losing their lives because of drugs rose by 11% last year.
The Scottish Parliament has today backed an amendment from Scottish Liberal Democrat culture spokesperson David Green which calls on the SNP government to provide a major boost to the gaming industry through a new national games innovation centre.
Scottish Liberal Democrat rural affairs spokesperson and MSP for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch Andrew Baxter has written to First Minister John Swinney urging him to commit to a genuinely independent review of the response to the Cairngorms wildfire.
The Liberal Democrats have secured a resounding victory in the Chesham Town Council by-election for Vale Ward, restoring Liberal Democrat representation to the seat and sending a clear message to Conservative-led Buckinghamshire Council.
Although the debates in Parliament have slowed down due to conference season, I have still had a hugely busy week.