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.
Speaking ahead of the publication of the Climate Change Committee's embargoed report Progress in Reducing Emissions in Scotland 2023, which notes that there is now no credible route to Scotland reducing its emissions by 75% by 2030, that there is no compr
Commenting on the embargoed report from campaign group Pregnant Then Screwed on childcare costs, Willie Rennie MSP said:
Responding to new figures published by the Scottish Government showing that half of places on secondary postgrad teaching courses are unfilled, Scottish Liberal Democrat education spokesperson Willie Rennie said:
Scottish Liberal Democrat education spokesperson Willie Rennie MSP has today urged the SNP to take immediate action after new figures revealed that almost a third of pupils are persistently absent, while the number of Additional Support Needs (ASN) teache
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has today accused the SNP of allowing high levels of opioid dependence to blight communities across Scotland.
Responding to new figures showing only 65.2% of people attending A&E were seen within the 4 hour target in the week ending 10th March, while 2,943 people waited over 8 hours, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader and health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton said
The Liberal Democrats have today published a comprehensive blueprint for replacing the broken business rates system.
