Threat from ticks
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.
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 and health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today called on the Scottish Government to support ambulance crews as he revealed that almost 3,000 people faced waiting more than 8 hours for an ambulance last year.
Scottish Liberal Democrat education spokesperson Willie Rennie MSP has today accused the SNP of “draining nurseries of specialist expertise” after new analysis by his party revealed that the number of teachers working in state-funded early learning and ch
Responding to the news that in the first half of 2023, Scottish Power recorded overall earnings of £1.158bn, up 58% from £677m, Scottish Liberal Democrat Leader Alex Cole-Hamilton said:
Responding to comments by the British Dental Association that Scottish Government reforms to dentistry “fall short of root and branch change required to make the service fit for the 2020s,” with the Chair of the BDA's Scottish Dental Practice Committee in
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has accused the Scottish Government of sending Ukrainian refugees "from one limbo to another," as new figures published today reveal that more than 1 in 10 Ukrainians remain in temporary accommodatio
Scottish Liberal Democrat communities spokesperson Willie Rennie MSP has today criticised the Scottish Government for indulging in “therapy” as he warned that ministers should be focussed on getting public services right rather than launching yet another
The anticipated Somerton and Frome election will be a close two horse race between the Lib Dems and the Conservatives.
Liberal Democrats want a way forward which works for Britain - that cuts down red tape, reduces costs for businesses and makes people better off as a result.
The Liberal Democrats have today published a comprehensive blueprint for replacing the broken business rates system.