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 leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has today called on the Scottish Government to set out an immediate plan for letting private property owners, both residential and commercial, know about the risks posed by dangerous reinforced concrete
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader and health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today urged the Scottish Government to implement his party’s calls for an emergency insulation programme, following new research which found that over 16,600 complaints ab
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today urged the Scottish Government to commit to a rail fare freeze for the year ahead, after the latest inflation figures show that Retail Price Index (RPI) inflation was at 9% in July.
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has today urged the Scottish Government to pull their heads out of the sand and explain what action they will take to tackle dangerous concrete in schools.
Scottish Liberal Democrats have today called for sports funding to be spread across the country as they revealed that some local authorities have not seen a single direct investment in club sport from Sport Scotland for at least a decade.
Responding to reports in The Guardian which say the UK Government has told schools in England to immediately shut buildings made with aerated concrete until safety work is undertaken, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton said:
The Liberal Democrats have today published a comprehensive blueprint for replacing the broken business rates system.
