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.
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:
Marking Nicola Sturgeon's proposed date for a second independence referendum (19 October 2023), Liberal Democrat Scottish Affairs spokesperson Christine Jardine said:
Responding to the conclusion of a review into the procurement of the delayed Ferguson Marine ferries, Scottish Liberal Democrat economy spokesperson Willie Rennie said:
Scottish Liberal Democrats have today condemned First Minister Humza Yousaf for breaking the Verity House agreement "with the ink of his signature barely dry" and called for him to apologise
The Liberal Democrats have today published a comprehensive blueprint for replacing the broken business rates system.
