All the latest news from the Highland and Scottish Liberal Democrats, Angus MacDonald MP and Jamie Stone MP
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.
Responding to comments made by the SNP’s president, Mike Russell, on BBC Radio’s Good Morning Scotland programme, as he described the defection of Lisa Cameron to the Conservative party an “odd tantrum,” Liberal Democrat Alistair Carmichael MP said:
Scottish Liberal Democrat education spokesperson Willie Rennie has today accused the Scottish Government of degrading the teaching profession as figures showed that the target for recruiting aspiring secondary school teachers was missed by more than third
Responding to new Scottish Government figures which reveal that 1 in 4 people over 65 waiting for a social care assessment waited longer than six weeks just to be assessed for a social care package, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader and health spokesperson
Speaking on World Mental Health Day, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader and health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has put forward his party’s blueprint to cut waiting times and expand services in a bid to ‘deliver the world-beating mental health system
Speaking ahead of Jo Farrell taking office as Police Scotland’s Chief Constable on Monday 9th October, Scottish Liberal Democrat justice spokesperson Liam McArthur MSP has called on the new head of the service to focus on tackling five key priorities that
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton, Scottish Labour health spokesperson Jackie Baillie and Scottish Conservative spokesperson Sandesh Gulhane have joined forces to write to the First Minister and demand action to support the 175,000 Scots
Richard is an incredible candidate, whose dedication to others has shone not only through his career, but also in his voluntary roles in the community.
Scrapping the Protocol would represent a new low. It would be an egregious breach of international law.
The anticipated Somerton and Frome election will be a close two horse race between the Lib Dems and the Conservatives.
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.
