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.
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has today called for the government to “give up the gimmicks” ahead of the King’s Speech on Tuesday.
Scottish Liberal Democrat justice spokesperson Liam McArthur MSP has today called for the SNP government to protect the justice budget and enhance community policing after new research by his party found that less than half of violent assaults resulted in
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader and health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today accused the SNP/Green Government of abandoning NHS dentistry after new research from his party found that children and young people in some parts of the country are
At the Scottish Liberal Democrat conference in Edinburgh today, party members passed a motion calling on the Scottish Government to make a statement to Parliament detailing the completion date for the A9 and A96 dualling programmes and to invest in road s
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has today delivered a speech to his party’s autumn conference in Edinburgh in which he set out plans for a Clean Water Act, pledged to treble the Digital Services Tax on social media giants to invest in
At the Scottish Liberal Democrat conference in Edinburgh today, party members passed a motion calling on the SNP/ Green Government to strike a fairer deal for local authorities and to ensure that any council tax freeze is fully funded by the government to
The Liberal Democrats have today published a comprehensive blueprint for replacing the broken business rates system.