DuncanDunlopScotLibDem

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Making politics work for the electorate..not #playingpolitics Social care, autism and rates relief for the hospitality sector helps vulnerable scots and our economy. #change with fairness at its heart #votelibdem #peachvotelibdem #budget holyrood.com/news/view,john…

big thanks to @agcolehamilton for popping down to the Borders again to support our lead List candidate @DuncanLibDem - meeting residents in #Peebles and spreading the message - the Peach Ballot will elect more hard working LibDems - the word is getting out there! 😀🔶

Meet Salah an NHS nurse. Helping me out today with skilled professionalism and care. He is also an Iraqi refugee who had to flee for his safety 25 years ago. Now with his training he works to help our society & community thrive. #LibDems welcome all Salahs and everyone like him.

Harvey and Mohammed, both 15. One dead, one facing 16 years in prison. Two children’s lives lost — and not a single adult held to account. We can’t call this justice. We are better than this. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

For 9 years #careexperienced people have been promised a transformed care system. Its failures have a lifelong impact. @ScottishGov have failed to deliver. TQ @SP_ECYP committee for hearing my evidence on why Children & care planning Bill is a sham. Time to reboot our efforts.

Why is it that we track drugs deaths, but despite promise after promise dont track the premature deaths of care experienced people? NB most of the deaths will tragically be the same people. But its easier to blame drugs than failed care. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Enjoyed the day out campaigning with @AishaJMir and crew for the #Hamilton by-election. #southofScotland sun shining on the doors for @scotlibdems

This is a real concern. I stood in Westminster election last time & the reform candidate spent time trying to convince people in east lothian that migrants were our greatest problem. And that global warming is OK as tomatoes grow better with more CO2... bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Thanks Duncan, so much potential that can be tapped into and so little political leadership

Andy @TACTFostering on point on @BBCr4today. Public education on care is weak to non exisitent. If people understand then communities would better support families & children in need and those in care. Tomorrow ill raise this and need for wider reforms @scotlibdems conference

The education committee has heard evidence that some children are being placed on a 15-minute per week school timetable, with no further support, as a way of dodging the government's commitment in The Promise to end exclusions.

Stop hiding behind ‘we’ve consulted care experienced people' as a solution. They've repeatedly told you the problem, which data supports, so act to fix it! They’ll tell you when it works. Continuous consultation or tinkering with language is not an action or solution.

@ScotGovernment and @NatalieDon_ is scrambling, claiming any innovative local project as evidence of progress. But to try and extrapolate piecemeal actions into pretending transformational change is happening is a farce.

6 Years ago public education campaign was promised by @NicolaSturgeon. This would have educated the public on the way fwd and got broad based community support. Instead indicators are the public are less engaged.

The number of registered foster care households has decreased from 3,540 in 2020 to 2,998 in 2023 – a fall of 15.3%. This is not off-set by an increased # of kinship carers

One LA has 40% Soc Worker vacancies = yp not getting a consistent SWer which they have appealed for. 15min timetables used to dodge exclusion statistics and reduced funding. Whilst @southayrshire has a policy tabled today to ensure care experienced can continue to be excluded.

I’m proposing a motion at the @scotlibdems conference 4th April proposing an alternative way forward. This can’t continue, it is limiting and costing lives.

Well done @willierennie, @GlasgowPam @Douglas4Moray for lifting the veil and stating the truth. #ThePromise is not going to be delivered.

@SP_ECYP questioned @NatalieDon_ on progress towards the #Promise today. It is 8 yrs since care exp people told change will start to happen, and 5 yrs+ since the Promise was launched. With only 5 years left itis not going to be delivered. Evidence today on this included: 🧵