All the latest news from the Highland and Scottish Liberal Democrats, Jamie Stone MP and Highlands Westminster Candidate, Angus MacDonald.
Scotland is banning the use of the only spray that can control bracken, Asulox, whereas England will continue to allow it. Bracken harbours ticks which carry Lyme’s disease.
It was a call that I’d been dreading – last Thursday, Jeremy Hosking rang to say he’d had enough and was withdrawing his offer to buy Kinloch Castle on Rum.
There was only one Corran proposal on the table at the Highland Council meeting on the 11th May 2023, and all us local Cllrs supported it. It was for the maximum £50 million bid to the Westminster Levelling Up Fund.
The Highlands is becoming the home to a significant percentage of Britain’s green energy needs. Even before wind, our post war hydro dams made the Highlands 100% self sufficient in electricity.
A gorgeous castle on a Hebridean island with a world class sea view and a decent skelp of land for sale at possibly as little as a £1. Tempted?
I am a Highland Councillor for Fort William and Ardnamurchan but I write on behalf of all West Highlanders, there are few of any political persuasion who would not support my request below.
Responding to the findings of the Scottish Parliament’s Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee that the National Care Service Bill could set “a dangerous precedent”, risks “undermining the role of Parliament” and “letting down” those it’s supposed to help, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader and health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said:
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has today warned that new figures show Scotland is spending just £17 per head to tackle long Covid, less than a fifth of the money made available in England dn Wales.
Scottish Liberal Democrat MSP for Orkney, Liam McArthur, has backed SAMH's new suicide prevention campaign, Ask Them About Suicide, and is encouraging people in Orkney to help create a culture where people can talk openly and honestly about suicide and find support when they need it.
Addressing the First Minister, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has today pressed her over what action she will take to get school gates open and recognition for gallantry for firefighter Barry Martin.
Speaking ahead of the Scottish Government’s budget debate, Scottish Liberal Democrat economy spokesperson Willie Rennie has today called on the Scottish Government to ditch divisive and expensive plans for centralising care services, national testing of P1 pupils and further papers on breaking up the UK, and use the money to invest in new pay deals for striking workers, investment in insulation and energy efficiency and tackling long Covid.
Speaking three years on from when the UK left the European Union, Scottish Liberal Democrat spokesperson for communities and the economy Willie Rennie MSP said:
Liberal Democrats want a way forward which works for Britain - that cuts down red tape, reduces costs for businesses and makes people better off as a result.
The Liberal Democrats have today published a comprehensive blueprint for replacing the broken business rates system.
