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.
Scottish Liberal Democrat communities spokesperson Willie Rennie MSP has today revealed the dire state of Scotland’s roads and the pressures facing local authorities after research by his party found that councils have paid out more than £4 million in pot
On Tuesday afternoon, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP will lead a parliamentary debate highlighting the impact of antisocial behaviour and call on the Scottish Government to introduce a national taskforce to tackle antisocial drivi
Scottish Liberal Democrat housing spokesperson Paul McGarry has today said that the SNP government must do more to lift up the economy and tackle the housing crisis after new figures revealed there has been a drop in planning applications across almost ev
Responding to Scotland’s Net Zero Secretary, Gillian Martin, telling the BBC that the SNP government haven’t been ‘watering down’ their climate targets, despite choosing to scrap key emissions goals just weeks ago, Scottish Liberal Democrat climate crisis
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today said that every corner of our NHS is suffering under SNP mismanagement as he revealed that almost 1 in 6 calls to NHS 24 went unanswered last year.
Scottish Liberal Democrat education spokesperson Willie Rennie MSP has today warned of the “mounting toll” of mental health absences among Scottish education staff, as he revealed that a staggering 1,362,204 teacher, support staff and nursery staff days h
Food prices have soared by 30% in the last two years, the biggest rise on record.
Liberal Democrats demand water firms measure how much sewage they are discharging into waterways
Sarah Dyke smashes the Conservatives with the best result of the night in Somerton and Frome
Today is Windrush Day - where we acknowledge the outstanding economic, social, and cultural contribution the Windrush generation have made to the United Kingdom.
By-election candidate vows to “fight tirelessly for our local health services”, demanding more GPs and funding for Bedfordshire. Liberal Democrats become bookies favourite to win the by-election after flying start to the campaign.
The Conservatives have dropped the new law to crack down on puppy smuggling.
