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 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
Orkney’s MSP, Liam McArthur, has lambasted the Scottish Government for ‘washing its hands’ of its commitment to RET, after the Transport Minister, Fiona Hyslop declared that introducing RET on the Pentland Firth would be ‘distorting the market’ under UK s
Responding to the Scottish Government's announcement of additional financial support for six local authorities with islands, Orkney MSP Liam McArthur said:
Responding to the news that some pupils at Cramond and Trinity primary schools in Edinburgh will be taught in portable classroom units following the discovery of Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC), a building material at risk of sudden catastro
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader and health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today urged the government to move further and faster following the publication of a new report which shows an increase in the number of people attending A&E due to a drug
Scottish Liberal Democrat education spokesperson Willie Rennie MSP has today welcomed the announcement that student mental health funding will be extended into the upcoming academic year after repeated calls from his party to ensure that support continued
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.
