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.
Speaking in Parliament this afternoon, after his party revealed that government-owned Scottish Water has paid out nearly £3m in remuneration to its three executives since 2020, Scottish Liberal Democrat Willie Rennie MSP said:
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today said that failing to tackle Scotland's sewage scandal is a multi-million-pound industry as he revealed that government-owned Scottish Water has handed out nearly £3 million in remuneration
Responding to the Education Secretary’s statement in Parliament today, Scottish Liberal Democrat education spokesperson Willie Rennie MSP said:
Northern Isles representatives Alistair Carmichael MP, Beatrice Wishart MSP and Liam MacArthur MSP have today welcomed confirmation by the Scottish government that proposed Highly Protected Marine Areas (HPMAs) will not go ahead as planned. The Scottish g
Responding to comments made by Transport Minister Fiona Hyslop during the Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee debate, in which she conceded that the tripartite management setup for ferries, which is presently split between CMAL, CalMac and Transport
Responding to Rishi Sunak’s speech in this afternoon’s King’s Speech debate, Liberal Democrat Scottish Affairs spokesperson Christine Jardine MP said:
The Liberal Democrats have today published a comprehensive blueprint for replacing the broken business rates system.
