Scottish Government must close business rates loophole
14 May 2020
The Scottish Conservatives have demanded that the Scottish Government closes a loophole to ensure that certain small businesses receive financial support in circumstances where they pay rates in their rent but are not the ‘named’ ratepayer.
This loophole currently affects a number of businesses in shared premises who...Read More »
SNP care homes strategy branded an ‘abject failure’
13 May 2020
The SNP’s approach to testing for coronavirus in care homes has been an “abject failure”, the Scottish Conservatives said today.
At First Minister’s Questions, leader Jackson Carlaw said staff and vulnerable residents were still going untested despite SNP pledges to the contrary.
He raised the example of Highgate care...Read More »
Scottish Government must explain increasing ‘R’ number
12 May 2020
Murdo Fraser, Scottish Conservative shadow Constitution Secretary has asked the Scottish Government to explain the increasing R number relating to the reinfection rate of Covid-19.
Speaking in the Scottish Parliamentary debate on ‘Suppressing COVID: Next Phase’ this afternoon Mr Fraser outlined that two weeks ago the Deputy First...Read More »
Scottish Government failed to ‘Test, Trace and Isolate’
12 May 2020
The Scottish Conservatives have accused the Scottish Government of a ‘basic failure in Test, Trace and Isolate’ regarding an outbreak of Covid-19 in Scotland in February.
The Covid-19 outbreak took place at a conference staged by sportswear firm Nike on the 27th February and was only revealed last...Read More »
Scottish Conservatives call to restart cancer services
12 May 2020
The Scottish Conservatives are calling for the Scottish Government to publish an NHS Scotland Recovery Plan to restart services disrupted by Covid-19, particularly cancer services.
In preparation for the Covid crisis NHS Scotland went to great lengths to free up capacity and many services were paused.
Elective surgeries were...Read More »