All the latest news from the Highland Liberal Democrats.
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 Cabinet Secretary Mairi McAllan’s decision to drop her government’s long overdue heat in buildings legislation, outlined in their Heat in Buildings Strategy, which was published on 7th October 2021, Willie Rennie MSP said:
Responding to the news that ExxonMobil is to close its Mossmorran plastics plant in Scotland, which could affect up to 180 ExxonMobil staff, 200 contractors, and around 50 other workers, North East Fife MSP Willie Rennie said:
Scottish Liberal Democrat justice spokesperson Liam McArthur has today warned that the Scottish prison crisis is far from over as new figures revealed that the average daily prison population increased 4.5% last year.
Responding to new official Scottish Government statistics showing people's satisfaction with schools is at an all-time low, Scottish Liberal Democrat education spokesperson Willie Rennie MSP said:
Responding to new figures showing only 61.5% of people attending A&E were seen within the 4 hour target in the week ending 9th November 2025 (11,020 waited more than 4 hours, the highest in 2025), while 4,532 people waited over 8 hours (the highest in 202
Scottish Liberal Democrats have today called for the Scottish Government to make sure people with Alzheimer's disease and other dementias don't fall through the cracks as new figures confirmed that they now account for around one in 10 of all deaths.
As Liberal Democrats, we have always stood in support of a lasting peace and a two-state solution in Israel and Palestine.
It is vital that we stand up against all forms of Islamophobia, and work together to end religious hatred everywhere.
Employees should not have to wait any longer for safe and respectful workplaces.
Rishi Sunak’s speech was so out of touch he may as well have been living on another planet.
Watch or read Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey's speech to Autumn Conference.
Hear from Councillor Lisa Smart, Liberal Democrat Candidate for Hazel Grove.