The Scottish Government is investing an additional 713,000 to help prevent the damage caused by flooding.

In response to questions lodged in the Scottish Parliament by Mike Rumbles MSP, the Scottish Government’s Cabinet Secretary for transport has admitted today that while the ‘remaining physical work’ has been completed, the AWPR Don Crossing will still not open.

NHS Grampian is set to lose out on another £7.7 million in 2019/20, according to the latest NHSScotland Resource Allocation Committee (NRAC) figures provided by the Scottish Government today.

Consumer watchdog, TransportFocus has today revealed that passenger satisfaction on ScotRail trains is at a 15 year low, reporting that overall satisfaction fell to 79% in the Autumn of 2018.

Farm income in Scotland has fallen from £729 million in 2017 to £672 million last year, according to National Statistics published today. A decline in productivity and rising costs in labour and feed have been cited as contributing factors.

Commenting on a report published by Which?, showing that Scotrail performance is ranked 23^rd of 30 UK operators, Scottish Liberal Democrat transport spokesperson Mike Rumbles said:  “The Scottish Government had an opportunity to put this right in the autumn but ministers were more concerned about bad publicity than addressing passenger needs. Instead of warning Abellio Scotrail of fines and a withdrawal of the contract unless rail performance improved, it decided the company would have a free pass to ignore penalties for missing targets until June 2019.  

Liberal Democrat transport spokesperson MSP Mike Rumbles has today called for the Scottish Government to come clean on the potential cost overrun for the AWPR and tell the public what the final bill would be, as the Transport Secretary again refused to divulge the information citing reasons of "commercial sensitivity".

Local Scottish Liberal Democrat, John Waddell, has written to the Conservative MP for West Aberdeenshire & Kincardine calling for him to listen to his constituents and back a People’s Vote on the final Brexit deal.

Speaking in the Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee this morning, the Scottish Government’s Cabinet Secretary for Connectivity rolled back on the SNP’s election pledge to deliver 100% superfast broadband coverage by 2021, claiming that ‘engineering factors’ could delay the R100 project in rural areas. Despite glacial progress so far.   

Figures revealed by North East Liberal Democrat MSP Mike Rumbles show that the 18-week waiting time target was breached by 168,210 days by health boards in Tayside and Grampian, in 2017/18.