Gloria Adebo welcomes Scottish Liberal Democrat manifesto with new £1.5 billion investment for Scotland

Gloria Adebo, Liberal Democrat candidate for Rutherglen has backed the Party's Scottish manifesto which sets out plans to fix the broken care system and ensure everyone has a warm home.

At the heart of the Scottish Liberal Democrat manifesto is a £500 million rescue package for care, enabling people to be released from hospital, relieving pressure on the NHS and giving a fair deal to family carers. It will:

• Create a new Carer's Minimum Wage, boosting the minimum wage for care workers by £2 an hour;
• Give unpaid carers a fair deal, lifting Carer's Allowance/Carer Support Payment by £1,040 a year and removing the earnings cliff-edge.

The Party's plans will also:

• Establish the world-class mental health services Scotland needs, meaning every school pupil has fast access to a mental health counsellor, new mental health staff working alongside GPs and A&Es, and extra help for businesses, backed by £150m from taxing social media companies;
• Generate an extra £1 billion in capital funding for Scotland which the party say should be used to build new local health facilities, tackle the housing emergency, end the scandal of crumbling concrete in public buildings, and stop sewage dumping.
• Make homes warmer and cheaper to heat with a ten-year emergency upgrade programme, starting with free insulation and heat pumps for those on low incomes.

Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said:

"Every vote for the Liberal Democrats at this election is a vote to elect a strong local champion focused on getting you fast access to GPs and dentists, and giving our nation's carers a fair deal.

"We will stop sewage being dumped in our rivers, lift up Scottish education, and deliver warm homes that insulate you from the cost of living crisis.

"Our vision is of a better Britain where we work in partnership, restoring your faith in politics and fixing our broken relationship with Europe.

"Hope and change are just around the corner, you only need to vote for them. Back the Liberal Democrats for a fair deal for you, your family, and for Scotland."

Gloria Adebo, the Liberal Democrat candidate for Rutherglen, said:

"People across Rutherglen, Cambuslang, Blantyre and Bothwell/Uddingston are fed up of being taken for granted by both the Conservatives and the SNP. It is time to get rid of both of them.

"I am so proud that the Liberal Democrats have put health and care at the heart of our campaign in this general election. It's why we are setting out proposals that would boost the pay of care workers across Scotland and ensure family carers receive an extra £1,040 a year. A vote for the Scottish Liberal Democrats is a vote to fix the care crisis and give family carers a fair deal.

"Fixing care will relieve pressure on our hospitals right through to the ambulances stuck for hours outside A&Es.

"We can save our NHS, fix the care crisis and give people a fair deal."