Cllr David May and Mike Rumbles MSP today reiterated their opposition to any possible closure of the Mulberry Unit at Stracathro Hospital.

North East MSP Mike Rumbles has condemned the Scottish Government’s hopeless attempt to get to grips with its CAP payment fiasco, as figures show only 17,418 of the 18,479 applications have been processed.

Scottish Liberal Democrat rural affairs spokesman Mike Rumbles MSP today slammed the SNP government over their handling of EU farm payments after the Farming Minister confirmed that the failure of a crucial IT project led to overtime costs of almost £4m in the last 18 months.

Mike Rumbles, Scottish Liberal Democrat MSP for the North East, today condemned the poor administration of the Young Farmers Start Up Grant, which may leave many aspirational farmers without access to funds. 

Mike Rumbles, Scottish Liberal Democrat MSP for the North East, has criticised authorities for failing to take action to protect Kembhill Park, Kemnay, from future flooding. 

North East MSP Mike Rumbles has accused the Scottish Government of being in denial over cutbacks to community policing in Scotland.

An official report by Audit Scotland on superfast broadband today described targets to reach rural areas as ‘challenging’. The Scottish Government Minister responsible confirmed as much and admitted that more could be done ‘at a Scotland level to extend coverage, particularly to rural areas’.

Scottish Liberal Democrat rural affairs spokesperson Mike Rumbles MSP today urged the Scottish Government to help give farmers in Scotland the stability they need.

Commenting as unions warned a lack of leadership by the Scottish Government could see the Scotland lose out on billions of pounds of decommissioning work, Scottish Liberal Democrat Mike Rumbles MSP said:

Scottish Liberal Democrat MSP Mike Rumbles today said that the SNP need to take their head out of the sand on the economic challenges facing the North East as answers to Parliamentary Questions showed fewer than one in six energy workers who had registered interest in a £12 million flagship retraining scheme have received support.