The Scottish Liberal Democrat candidate for the North East region and Aberdeenshire West constituency, Rosemary Bruce has today criticised the Scottish Government for diverting their attention to an independence referendum instead of focusing on the pandemic.

Conservative MPs in the North East have been criticised for backing the “dangerous & draconian” Police Bill. In a letter to Andrew Bowie MP, the Liberal Democrat candidate for Aberdeenshire West and the North East region, Rosemary Bruce has urged the Conservative MP to “stop the dangerous and draconian Bill in its tracks”.

The Scottish Liberal Democrat's top candidate for the North East region, Rosemary Bruce has today welcomed additional education funding secured by the party's leader Willie Rennie in this year's Scottish budget.

Aberdeenshire West Liberal Democrats have chosen Rosemary Bruce as their candidate for the Aberdeenshire West constituency in the Scottish Parliament election on May 6th. Rosemary is also the Scottish Liberal Democrat lead list candidate for the North East of Scotland region.

The Scottish Government have been accused of leaving local communities behind in their 14 years in government, by a North East councillor.

North East councillor and Scottish Liberal Democrat spokesperson on social care Rosemary Bruce has joined calls by MSPs to declare a mental health emergency in Scotland.

Aberdeenshire Councillor Rosemary Bruce has raised concerns about the distribution of Scottish Government resources after new figures show that the rate of vaccination in NHS Grampian has fallen behind the national average.

North East Liberal Democrat MSP Mike Rumbles has called on the Scottish Government to provide an annual block grant to Local Licencing Authorities and remove the need for hefty annual licence fees for taxi and private hire drivers.