Cllr Andy Swain
Ward: Teign Valley
Parishes: Ashton ; Bridford ; Christow ; Doddiscombsleigh ; Dunsford ; Hennock ; Tedburn St Mary ; Trusham
Mobile: 07756 253908
Email: andrew.swain@teignbridge.gov.uk
Responding to new figures showing that only 45.5% of patients who went to the A&E department at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh were seen within the four-hour target time, and waits remaining high across the country, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader and health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today said that Humza Yousaf's NHS recovery plan has failed.
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Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has today called on the Scottish Government to urgently issue a call for more hosts, give councils the resources to check and match homes quicker and take steps to ensure that those at risk of homelessness are monitored and supported, as a new report from the Red Cross marking a year on from the launch of the Scottish Government’s Super Sponsorship Scheme highlights that at the end of 2022 more than 4,400 people were staying in hotel rooms, more than 2,400 were on two chartered passenger liners and at least 310 were reporting as homeless.
South Woodham Ferrers Town Councillor Donna Eley has announced that she has joined the Liberal Democrats and will be putting herself forward in the Chelmsford City Council elections (for the Elmwood and Woodville Ward) on 4th May.
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Reading Borough Councillors unanimously backed a motion calling for people in employment who also have caring responsibilities to be given a right to unpaid leave.