The Scottish Government has decided to ignore warnings from North East MSP Mike Rumbles and North Kincardine Councillor Ian Mollison and do nothing to improve safety at an accident blackspot on a busy stretch of the newly designated A92, near Newtonhill.

North East MSP Mike Rumbles has called on the Scottish Government to target crucial investment at areas worst affected by low internet speeds, after a report published by Audit Scotland today confirms that broadband speeds in homes across Aberdeenshire are among the slowest in the country.

North East MSP Mike Rumbles has today slammed the Scottish Government for allowing a leading compliance officer at SEPA to jump ship and take up a leading role in the salmon farming industry.

Commenting on the Scottish Government’s U-turn on live animals being exported from Scotland for slaughter, North East MSP and Scottish Liberal Democrat spokesperson on rural affairs Mike Rumbles said:

NHS Grampian is the worst performing health board in a number of key areas and is the worst funded health board in Scotland. The new Cabinet Secretary for Health, however, told North East MSP Mike Rumbles in a session of questions and answers in the Scottish Parliament today, that the Scottish Government has no plans to reimburse the local board for a decade of underfunding.

North East MSP and transport spokesperson for the Scottish Liberal Democrats Mike Rumbles has warned the Scottish Government that figures, published by Transport Scotland today, reveal a further decline in the use of bus transport and active travel in Scotland.

In a statement to the Scottish Parliament this afternoon, the First Minister Nicola Sturgeon confirmed that the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route ‘will be fully open by the end of the year’, despite claims by ministers in March that the new road would be completed by ‘late autumn 2018’.

Mike Rumbles North East Liberal Democrat MSP has condemned the latest figures on Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS). The Information Services Division (ISD) figures published today show that 67.8% of people have been seen within the 18-week target between April-June across Scotland. For NHS Grampian the figure is 48.1% and for NHS Tayside it is 34.4%.

Liberal Democrat Transport spokesperson and North East MSP Mike Rumbles has today welcomed the Laurencekirk Junction upgrade option.

Liberal Democrat Transport spokesperson and North East MSP Mike Rumbles has welcomed the launch of a public exhibition for the Laurencekirk Junction Improvement Scheme, today, and has called on the Scottish Government to start work as soon as possible.