Threat from ticks
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.
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.
Liberal Democrat Scottish Affairs spokesperson Christine Jardine MP has responded to the Autumn Statement.
Orkney and Shetland MP and Liberal Democrat spokesperson for Home Affairs, Alistair Carmichael, has today responded to comments by Conservative Party Deputy Chair Lee Anderson MP.
The Liberal Democrats are calling for an ethics advisor probe after reports that David Cameron is being looked into by HMRC.
Scottish Liberal Democrat Willie Rennie MSP responds to news that Scotland's only oil refinery is to shut.
Liberal Democrat Scottish affairs spokesperson, Christine Jardine MP, has spoken ahead of the Chancellor's Autumn Statement.
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has secured a parliamentary debate on the future of the UK’s coastguard helicopter services.
The Liberal Democrats have today published a comprehensive blueprint for replacing the broken business rates system.