Alex Cole-Hamilton

Alex Cole-Hamilton

Call for jobs guarantee for Scottish young people leaving care

Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton

Scottish Lib Dem leader defends ‘fake news' interviews in Holyrood

Lib Dem Christine Jardine has said she will step down as an MP after the next election

Readers' Letters: Lib Dems are mad to let Christine Jardine go

Christine Jardine, Kevin Lang and Alex Cole-Hamilton

Lib Dem MP to quit after being told she is 'too old' for re-election

Vikki Soloman

Death of murder accused denies family answers on mum's death, says MSP

First Minister John Swinney celebrating the SNP's election victory.

Alex Cole-Hamilton: Pro-indy parties 'gamed the system' at election

Màiri McAllan MSP and John Swinney MSP

Explainer What's happening at Holyrood this week as new cabinet to be revealed

Euan McColm: Greens will squeeze as much as they can get out of SNP Euan McColm

Angus Robertson beside anti-Guga hunt campaigner Robert Pownall as results were confirmed for Edinburgh Central

'Nae exit poll. Nae overnight count': How daytime results day unfolded

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The Liberal Democrats raised concerns about ambulance response times

High risk patients 'waiting over an hour for an ambulance in Scotland'

Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton, seen visiting the Glasgow City Mission, has a real passion for progressive politics (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

Why one politician has stood out in the Scottish election campaigns Barrie Cunning

Scottish Conservative leader Russell Findlay campaigning with Baroness Ruth Davidson on Saturday. PIC: PA

Poor polling 'motivating' Tories in countdown to May 7

Malcolm Offord (centre), the leader of Reform UK in Scotland, visiting a farm owned by the party's candidate Richard Fairley

Election Diary: Lies, mud-slinging and political curveballs

The Liberal Democrats have raised concerns about long A&E waits

Exclusive Hundreds aged 95 and over faced 'catastrophic' 12-hour A&E waits

GPs are under 'intense' pressure, it has been warned

Exclusive GP workload alarm as almost all family doctors take early retirement

The horrifying moment Nigel Farage's face emerged from beneath John Swinney's.

Election Diary: Bizarre cardboard cut-outs, judo and Kanye West

'Politics can be brutal': Alex Cole-Hamilton on surfing and Holyrood

Assisted dying should be brought back next term, says Lib Dem leader

The Scotsman's political editor Alistair Grant hosted the hustings

Analysis Other parties more comfortable bashing Reform than discussing policy

Scottish Lib Dems leader Alex Cole-Hamilton

Analysis Lib Dems itching for return to the big time with 'monumental' election

Scottish Lib Dem leader Alex Cole-Hamilton

Exclusive Lib Dems aim to 'deprive' SNP of majority with 10 target seats

Margaret MacGill

Woman in hospital for more than 400 days amid bed blocking 'misery'

The Scottish Liberal Democrats have repeatedly raised concerns over the state of dentistry in Scotland

Exclusive SNP accused of two decades of 'decay' over dental figures

Holyrood committee structure a 'joke', says Scottish Lib Dem leader

One in three ambulances stuck outside hospitals for more than an hour

Jamie Greene, Alex Cole-Hamilton and Lib Dem leader Ed Davey

Scottish Lib Dems on cusp of 'historic election breakthrough'

Scottish Lib Dem leader Alex Cole-Hamilton

Analysis Lib Dems' strategy will mirror Tories' and Greens' list vote success

Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes, Scottish Lib Dem leader Alex Cole-Hamilton and Fergus Ewing

Exclusive Lib Dems: We've toppled Kate Forbes - now we're after Fergus Ewing

Sir Ed Davey at the pumpkin patch at Cairnie Fruit Farm

Ed Davey gives Scottish Parliament election prediction

The Christmas Market in Princes Street Gardens in Edinburgh

Exclusive Edinburgh's Christmas festival contract referred to spending watchdog

Scottish Liberal Democrat Alex Cole-Hamilton

Lib Dem leader 'made to look a fool' over SNP independence spending

A teenage girl in a park showing signs of mental health issues. Picture: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire

Patient waits 'horrifically long' 7 years for mental health treatment

GPs in Scotland are working less hours than they were pre-pandemic.

SNP Government 'miles away' from meeting GP recruitment target

Scottish Water had lodged plans to install solar panels in Bo'ness sewage works (Picture: Michael Gillen, National World)

Exclusive SNP overseeing water 'scandal' amid 'no consequences' for waste spills

Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey and Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton launch the Scottish party’s election campaign in North Queensferry. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Will Kate Forbes's resignation pave the way for a Lib Dem victory?

Waiting lists for cataract surgery are soaring.

Thousands of Scots going private for eye surgery as waiting lists soar

Cancer waiting times in Scotland have reached their worst since records began.

Scotland cancer waiting times hit worst level on record

The summit is part of efforts to clamp down on knife crime and violence among young people

Scotland must be ‘relentless’ to tackle youth violence, Swinney says

'Absolutely honking': More than 2,000 complaints of sewage dumping

The mum says it is a “scandal” so many children are not getting the treatment they need.

Exclusive 'Repugnant': Inside the battle for NHS mental health help for children

There have been successive annual falls in Scotland’s GP workforce. Picture: Anthony Devlin/PA Wire

Pension timebomb as GPs take early retirement during NHS 'crisis'

Alex Cole-Hamilton is putting the weight of the Scottish Liberal Democrats behind Shona Robison's Scottish Government budget

Readers' Letters: Budget agreement shows parties at Holyrood are too cosy

Hundreds of ambulance staff are being assaulted.

'Completely unacceptable': Hundreds of ambulance staff assaulted

John Swinney

Analysis Why Swinney and the SNP should be quietly confident after Budget win

Scottish Labour said the NHS needs a change of direction

Lives put at risk by 11,000 ambulance prank calls

A scene outside Glasgow Royal Infirmary's emergency department. Picture: John Devlin

'Extraordinary' surge in flu hospitalisations as EDs hit 400% capacity

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