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 MSP has called for the Scottish Government to deliver a statement to parliament after a BBC investigation uncovered allegations of a culture of cruelty at Scotland’s largest psychiatric hospital for chil
Liberal Democrat Scottish affairs spokesperson Christine Jardine MP has today called on the UK Government to exempt the hospitality industry from their “misguided” national insurance hike or risk many hospitality businesses “going to the wall”.
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today revealed that Scotland is losing hundreds of GPs every year to early retirement, despite people struggling to see their GP all across the country.
Scottish Liberal Democrat transport spokesperson Daniel O’Malley has urged the SNP Government to get serious about improving rail services and delivering for passengers after research by his party uncovered Scotland’s ten most overcrowded train journeys.
Responding to the news that a replacement for Barlinnie prison will cost almost double its previous estimate, rising to nearly £1 billion, and will arrive three years after it was originally planned, Scottish Liberal Democrat justice spokesperson Liam McA
Scottish Liberal Democrat housing spokesperson Paul McGarry has called on the SNP Government to urgently step up their response to homelessness, after official figures published today show that there are more households and children in temporary accommoda
Liberal Democrat plans would cut energy bills for consumers and businesses, reduce emissions and set Britain on a path to a sustainable future.
The UK abandoning the current stance of continuous deployment of Trident submarines, at this crucial time, would send the wrong signal to Putin.
It’s important to set out our case for an online world that is safe and make clear to those who abuse that space that we will not rest until we are successful.
This International Women’s Day, I will be celebrating so many incredible women - who have brought us this far; who work tirelessly for equality; and who will take us even further in the years to come.
Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey is demanding the Chancellor cancels plans to hike the average household energy bill by £500 in April, and cuts people’s bills instead.
Liberal Democrats continue to be proud to stand shoulder to shoulder against tyranny, and we will stand with Ukraine until they are victorious.
