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.
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today accused ministers of “lazy digital hygiene” as a freedom of information request published on the Scottish Government website revealed that cameras made by the Chinese firm Hikvision are sti
Responding to the Lord Advocate’s statement on the Horizon IT prosecutions, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said:
Responding to new figures showing only 59.4% of people attending A&E were seen within the 4 hour target in the week ending 7th January, while 4,439 people waited over 8 hours (the worst performance in a year), Scottish Liberal Democrat leader and health s
Liberal Democrat Scottish affairs spokesperson Christine Jardine MP has today said that an attempt to devolve the power for holding new independence referendums to the Scottish Parliament is a “distraction from real issues.”
Responding to the embargoed report from the Accounts Commission on the finances of local government in Scotland which warns that financial pressures push councils to make hard decisions about service cuts, Scottish Liberal Democrat finance spokesperson Wi
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today accused the SNP government of letting the crisis in emergency care spiral to “new levels of chaos,” after his party uncovered that the 10 worst weeks for A&E waits on record have all occurr
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.
