Thornbury & Yate MP Claire Young has criticised the ‘unfair’ levels of profit being made by many private special educational needs providers and backed the Liberal Democrats calls for a cap on private providers profits.
The Scottish Government is being urged to “increase investment in mental health services” after new statistics show over 1500 patients were admitted via an Emergency Department across NHS Highland with a self-harm diagnosis in the last five years.
The top private equity companies providing SEND schooling have made combined profits of over £100m a year, with some making margins of over 20%, House of Commons Library research commissioned by the Liberal Democrats has revealed.
At a meeting with the Scottish Government’s Public Health Minister Jenni Minto MSP at Wick General Hospital, campaigners warned that mums-to-be in Caithness “need action, not warm words” concerning local maternity services.
Adam Harley has challenged the UK Government to cut long waits for driving tests and do more to block the reselling of block-booked driving tests as an investigation by the Scottish Liberal Democrats uncovered waits of 24 weeks in East Dunbartonshire.
This is the July edition of my newsletter. It helps me to keep you posted on what I've been doing around the constituency and in Westminster, working on your behalf. It's been a pleasure to meet many of you out and about!
