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.
Northern Isles representatives Alistair Carmichael MP, Beatrice Wishart MSP and Liam McArthur MSP have today condemned revelations of an 8.7% hike in NorthLink ferry fares at the end of March 2024.
Speaking in Parliament this afternoon in response to the Scottish Budget, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said:
Scottish Liberal Democrat justice spokesperson Liam McArthur MSP today spoke in the Scottish Parliament highlighting that police tasers have been used against children over a hundred times since 2018, and urged the Justice Secretary to consider scaling ba
Responding to the news that in the quarter ending 30th September, 5 health boards missed the government waiting time target for drug and alcohol treatment, which states that 90% of referrals should be seen within 3 weeks, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today warned the SNP Government that its new cancer strategy risks “ringing hollow” as new figures show patients across the country waiting longer for cancer treatment.
Responding to new figures showing only 60.9% of people attending A&E were seen within the 4 hour target in the week ending 10th December, with 3,800 people waiting over 8 hours, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader and health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton s
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.
