All the latest news from the Highland Liberal Democrats.
There is barely a café, pub or hotel that is not desperately seeking staff across the Highlands this summer. And we all have horror stories of new employees not turning up for their first day at work, or being seduced by a higher pay offer elsewhere.
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?
Responding to new figures showing only 62.9% of people attending A&E were seen within the 4 hour target in the week ending 2nd November 2025, while 4,017 people waited over 8 hours and 1,776 waited over 12 hours, Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said:
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today said that “the SNP are terrible for your health” as new figures show that satisfaction with the quality of local health services has plummeted over the last decade.
Scottish Liberal Democrats have today (Tuesday 11th November) launched a petition which calls for compensation to be given to every community affected by the SNP’s ferries fiasco.
Responding to the news that the Scottish Biometrics Commissioner has announced plans to carry out a review of Police Scotland’s collection and use of fingerprints, which is set to be published next spring, Scottish Liberal Democrat justice spokesperson Li
Responding to the news that Shell and ScottishPower have ended a joint venture partnership covering two ScotWind offshore wind projects representing 5 GW of capacity with ScottishPower taking full control of 3 GW MarramWind, while Shell returns the lease
Scottish Liberal Democrat economy and transport spokesperson Jamie Greene MSP, who is also standing in the Ferguson Marine home of Inverclyde in next year’s Holyrood election, has today accused the SNP government of keeping islanders and workers at the sh
Caring isn't just Ed's story, it's the story of millions, caring for each other, dealing with tough times, and keeping going with love.
The Liberal Democrats are standing up for our NHS, addressing the cost of living crisis, and ensuring everyone gets the support they need.
Time to elect fantastic Liberal Democrat MPs to champion their communities.
Families who remortgaged in 2023 are facing a mortgage bombshell of almost £9bn this year, with commuter belt areas in the Blue Wall hardest hit, new analysis commissioned by the Liberal Democrats has revealed.
For the first time since 1996 the Liberal Democrats won more seats than the Conservatives in the Local Elections.
Ten years ago today, the UK’s first same-sex marriages took place.