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 a new National Records of Scotland publication showing that there were 24,427 deaths registered in Scotland in the four months of winter 2022/23 (December 2022 to March 2023), 11 per cent higher than the previous winter and the highest numbe
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has today warned that the country’s drugs death crisis is still in full swing as new statistics revealed that drug related admissions to A&E, drug-related hospital admissions and suspected drug deaths ha
Responding to new figures showing 11.1% waiting more than 8 hours to be seen at A&E in the week ending 15th October, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader and health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton said:
Commenting on the closure of two court rooms in Airdrie to tackle crumbly concrete and a series of other court buildings undergoing review, Scottish Liberal Democrat justice spokesperson Liam McArthur said:
Scottish Liberal Democrat climate emergency spokesperson Liam McArthur MSP has today called for a new fund to protect communities from extreme weather as heavy rain batters Scotland.
Responding to the publication of the Scottish Government’s New Deal for Business Group Implementation Plan, Scottish Liberal Democrat economy spokesperson Willie Rennie said:
The Liberal Democrats have today published a comprehensive blueprint for replacing the broken business rates system.
