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.
Responding to comments made to the Scottish Parliament’s Health, Social Care and Sports Committee this morning, where care sector leaders and those with lived experiences indicated that they had not been consulted in the government’s decision to share leg
Responding to the Scottish Government's statement on deleted messages this afternoon, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton said:
Scottish Liberal Democrat sports spokesperson Neil Alexander has today criticised the decision to award the 2034 football World Cup to Saudi Arabia and called on the UK and Scottish Governments to redouble efforts to raise human rights concerns in the cou
Scottish Liberal Democrat education spokesperson Willie Rennie has today warned that the Scottish Government’s failure to develop and support all kinds of childcare is undermining commitments to expand provision across Scotland.
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader and health spokesperson, Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has called on the Scottish Government to get to grips with the crisis in social care by providing proper support for local authorities and health boards, after new figures sh
Responding to new figures showing only 65.1% were seen within 4 hours at A&E in the week ending 8th October (the worst since May), Scottish Liberal Democrat leader and health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton said:
The Liberal Democrats have today published a comprehensive blueprint for replacing the broken business rates system.
