Over 20 alcohol-related deaths each week in Scotland
Responding to the news that 1,185 people died from alcohol-specific causes in 2024, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader and health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said:
23 Sep 2025
Councillor Andy Swain - Teign Valley (TDC)
14 Feb 2021
Cllr Andy Swain
Ward: Teign Valley
Parishes: Ashton ; Bridford ; Christow ; Doddiscombsleigh ; Dunsford ; Hennock ; Tedburn St Mary ; Trusham
Contact information
Mobile: 07756 253908
Email: andrew.swain@teignbridge.gov.uk
Committee appointments
Term of Office
- 07/05/2019 - 13/05/2023
Andy's News
Cole-Hamilton comments on embargoed A&E report
Responding to the embargoed analysis from the Royal College of Emergency Medicine suggesting that there were 800 deaths associated with long A&E waits in Scotland last year, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said:
23 Sep 2025
"Dangerous nonsense about paracetamol" - Davey
Ed Davey blasts "anti-science agenda"
23 Sep 2025
Newcastle - Citywide
Cllr Ferguson Responds to Cancelled Advance UK Conference
Liberal Democrats stand with Newcastle residents as far-right event is cancelled. Cllr Colin Ferguson: Far-right agitators have no place in Newcastle
23 Sep 2025
Local Lib Dem Campaigns on Fleecehold
Watch Babs Farmer at the Autumn Liberal Democrat Conference
23 Sep 2025
International Affairs
Towards a Ceasefire and Political Resolution in Sudan
Two years of brutal civil war have turned Sudan into one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises, with over 30 million people in urgent need of aid. Our new policy calls for UK leadership to end the conflict - standing with the Sudanese people.
MH
23 Sep 2025