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 new figures showing more than 1 in 3 patients missed the 4 hour A&E target in the week ending 8th October and 10.3% waited more than 8 hours to be seen at A&E, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader and health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton said:
Speaking ahead of Humza Yousaf's speech to SNP conference in Aberdeen, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has called on the First Minister to commit to a series of key policies when he addresses party members.
Responding to Keith Brown’s speech and his appearance on BBC Radio Scotland’s Good Morning Scotland programme, where he appeared to agree that separating Scotland from the rest of the UK was “still number one” for the SNP, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader
On the launch of the Restart A Heart 2023 initiative, Christine Jardine, Liberal Democrat MP for Edinburgh West and Scottish Affairs spokesperson is calling for all defibrillators to be registered and increased funding to cover underprivileged areas.
Commenting ahead of the SNP’s conference in Aberdeen at the end of this week, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said:
Responding to comments made by the SNP’s president, Mike Russell, on BBC Radio’s Good Morning Scotland programme, as he described the defection of Lisa Cameron to the Conservative party an “odd tantrum,” Liberal Democrat Alistair Carmichael MP said:
The Liberal Democrats have today published a comprehensive blueprint for replacing the broken business rates system.
