All the latest news from the Highland and Scottish Liberal Democrats, Angus MacDonald MP and Jamie Stone MP
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 new Public Health Scotland figures which showed 2,030 people were stuck in hospital in October due to their discharge being delayed, the worst on record, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said:
Responding to new figures showing only 66.6% of people attending A&E were seen within the 4 hour target in October 2024, the worst on record for the month, while 16,002 people waited over 8 hours and 7,475 waited over 12 hours, Scottish Liberal Democrat L
Ahead of the vote to raise employers’ National Insurance today (3rd December), Liberal Democrat Scottish Affairs spokesperson Christine Jardine MP said:
Responding to the Auditor General’s embargoed report which finds the Scottish Government has no clear plan to address the operational pressures on the NHS or reform services, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said:
Scottish Liberal Democrat Willie Rennie MSP has today said that people “feel like nothing works anymore” under the SNP after a new official survey found that trust in the Scottish Government dropped by 10% in a year and trust in public services fell on ev
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton today marked ten years since Scotland’s mental health waiting targets were introduced by revealing that they have been breached for at least 168,128 people on the SNP Government’s watch.
In her speech, Wendy called for taxpayer-funded handouts for disgraced former ministers to be scrapped, as analysis reveals £530,000 was paid out in ministerial severance payments over the past year.
The Liberal Democrats are steadfast in our commitment to supporting Ukraine, isolating Russia, and upholding the values of justice and accountability. We stand with President Zelensky and the Ukrainian people.
Kira Rudik addresses Liberal Democrat Autumn Conference 2023.
The Liberal Democrats will create a fair deal for housing. Taking on the big developers, delivering new homes, improving renters’ rights and protecting our environment - together we can tackle the housing crisis.
Being able to vote is a fundamental democratic right. Yet thanks to the Conservatives, it’s now at risk.
We cannot let the Conservatives make the people who can least afford it pay for their mistakes and economic chaos.
