Scotrail see 73% increase to over £1m in compensation for delayed journeys
In answer to a question lodged by Liberal Democrat transport spokesperson Mike Rumbles MSP, the Scottish Government’s Cabinet Secretary for Transport has admitted that Scotrail was forced to pay delayed passengers £1,119,818 in compensation, in 2018/19, up 72.8% from £647,670 in 2017/18.
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27,000 Grampian patients failed by Scot. Govt’s abysmal record on Treatment Time Guarantee
North East Liberal Democrat MSP Mike Rumbles has shamed the Scottish Government for forcing 26,999 patients in NHS Grampian to wait over 12 weeks for treatment, after a decade of underfunding totalling more than £239 million.
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Rural support loans likely continue for a fifth year
Emergency measures put in place in 2015/16 to deliver £500 million of Common Agricultural Policy funding, after a Scottish Government’s IT system worth £178 million crashed, is likely to continue for at least another year.
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Scot. Govt will take two years of its four year plan for superfast internet just to award contract
The minister responsible for the R100 programme, to supply 30 mega-bits-per-second internet speed to every home by the end of 2021, has revealed that the Scottish Government will have only 2 years left to deliver on its 2015 election promise.
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NHS Grampian third worst for cancelling operations
North East Liberal Democrat MSP, Mike Rumbles, has once again called for a fair share of resources be given to NHS Grampian after it was revealed today that the health board had the third most cancelled operations in the country, due to non-clinical reasons.
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Changes could leave pensioners 7,000 per year worse off - Rumbles
North East Liberal Democrat MSP Mike Rumbles and Age Scotland are calling for all pensioners living on a low income with a partner of working age to check urgently their eligibility for Pension Credit and Housing Benefit before Government rule changes. After 15th May working age partners of pensioners will not be able to make a new claim for Pension Credit or Housing Benefit.
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£1.8 million in staff overtime to deliver agricultural payments
Information gathered by Liberal Democrat MSP Mike Rumbles shows that the Scottish Government has spent over £1.8 million on staff overtime since its IT system for delivering farm support payments crashed in 2015.
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Rumbles supports further research - MS Awareness Week
North East Liberal Democrat MSP Mike Rumbles is supporting crucial research currently undertaken in Scotland to stop Multiple Sclerosis. The MS Society Scotland joined MSPs in the Scottish Parliament this week to raise awareness of the important role research plays in the lives of people affected by MS during this year’s MS Awareness Week.
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Aberdeen will need 47 new classrooms in the next 18 months – Rumbles
A study carried out by the Scape Group has revealed that Aberdeen City will have 1,400 additional secondary pupils by 2020/21, a 17.5 percent increase requiring 47 new classrooms. By far the largest share increase of any local authority area in Scotland.
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£925 average rent arrears for Aberdeenshire Universal Credit claimants – Rumbles
North East Liberal Democrat MSP Mike Rumbles, has called on changes to Universal Credit after Scottish Liberal Democrats obtain new figures showing Aberdeenshire residents have slipped into rent arrears since the roll out of Universal Credit.
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