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 education spokesperson Willie Rennie MSP has today warned that lollipop staff are becoming an endangered species, after new figures revealed that their numbers have fallen dramatically under successive SNP governments.
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader and health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today accused Humza Yousaf of leaving a legacy of staff shortages, after research by his party revealed that Scottish NHS workers logged concerns about short staffing on m
Responding to the news that the two CalMac ferries being built at Ferguson shipyard face further delays after safety regulators demanded design changes which will mean planned sea trials of the Glen Sannox are delayed until the first quarter of next year,
Scottish Liberal Democrats have today unveiled Neil Alexander as the party’s new spokesperson for sport and culture, and revealed new figures showing that local authorities are receiving less money for sports than they were a decade ago.
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader and health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today claimed that the SNP have "done next to nothing" to revitalise NHS dentistry, as new figures show that both the number of examinations and the total number of claims
Responding to new figures showing only 65.6% of A&E attendees were seen within the 4-hour target, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton said:
The Liberal Democrats have today published a comprehensive blueprint for replacing the broken business rates system.
