Why I will vote against Assisted Dying
Angus MacDonald sets out his reasons for opposing the Assisted Dying Bill
4 Nov 2024
News
All the latest news from the Highland Liberal Democrats.
Angus MacDonald Responds to Key Budget Announcements
Angus MacDonald calls upon the Scottish Government to use new funding from Westminster to improve infrastructure in the Highlands, including the Belford Hospital replacement, the Corran ferry, new schools in Inverness, and improvements to the A( and A82.
30 Oct 2024
Opinion - Health Minister visits Fort William
SNP Health Minister Neil Gray, fails to confirm that the Belford Hospital is at the top of his government's priority projects during a visit to Fort William.
28 Oct 2024
Renewable schemes must provide real benefit to Highland communities
MacDonald focuses in Maiden Speech on providing communities with real benefit from renewables in their area.
6 Sep 2024
Stone ‘thrilled’ with Flow Country’s World Heritage Status
"Many of us have long suspected that this unique habitat was probably of world importance - now we know that it most certainly is and has been recognised as such."
26 Jul 2024
MacDonald respond to fresh NHS buildings delay at Portree, Fort William and Inverness
“People are waiting an age for treatment but the SNP have poured cold water on essential new NHS buildings all across Scotland."
26 Jul 2024
Scottish News
Don’t let Swinney’s independence obsession dominate next five years
Responding to John Swinney’s speech in which he commits to using the first hundred days of the next Scottish parliamentary term to hold a vote on approving the development of a Section 30 Order to give Scotland the power to hold an independence referendum
27 Apr 2026
Scot Lib Dems will fix ferries for good and get Scotland moving
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has today used a visit to Ardrossan to set out how his party will fix the SNP’s ferries fiasco and say that voting for his party in constituencies like Argyll & Bute, Inverclyde and Skye, Lochaber & Bade
27 Apr 2026
Rennie sets out plans for insulation and renewables
Scottish Liberal Democrat communities spokesperson Willie Rennie has today used a visit to Edinburgh Zoo to set out his party’s plans for cutting energy bills with an emergency £100m housing insulation programme and measures to make sure that local people
26 Apr 2026
Rennie hits out at mismatch and muddle as record number of early career teachers quitting
Scottish Liberal Democrat education spokesperson Willie Rennie has today called for routes to be opened up to help teachers switch from primary to secondary teaching or to teach additional subjects without requiring them to completely retrain, improving t
25 Apr 2026
Cole-Hamilton sets out plans to modernise the NHS and improve health
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has today used a campaign visit to his party’s key target seat of Strathkelvin & Bearsden to set out his party’s proposals to modernise the NHS, improve health and ensure that patients can get swift acce
25 Apr 2026
Reform candidate wants to strip mine Scotland
Scottish Liberal Democrat list candidate for North East Scotland Michael Turvey has today hit out at proposals from a Reform UK candidate to reintroduce open cast coal mining to Scotland and demanded that Nigel Farage’s party set out which parts of Scotla
24 Apr 2026
UK News
Latest UK News
This Christmas, Love is Enough
A new charity single to support young carers
ED
29 Nov 2024
Climate Change
“I left COP29 with hope in my heart”
Pippa Heylings reports from the global climate summit in Baku
PH
25 Nov 2024
Latest UK News
Black History Month 2024
October is Black History Month - a chance to celebrate the Black British community, acknowledge their contributions and discover their stories.
CJ
17 Oct 2024
Ed Davey's speech to Liberal Democrat Conference
Read Ed Davey's speech to the Liberal Democrats' Autumn Conference in Brighton
17 Sep 2024
Carers
A Fair Deal for Family Carers
Carers are not just support for their loved ones—they are the glue holding our fragile social care system together. They deserve more than token acknowledgements or empty promises.
LD
17 Sep 2024
Environment & Nature
The Clean Water Authority
Liberal Democrats believe that everyone has the right to enjoy clean, safe water and unpolluted rivers, lakes, and coastlines. We are committed to ending the national sewage scandal and holding water companies accountable for their environmental impact.
LD
17 Sep 2024