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.
Responding to the Royal College of Nursing press release highlighting new UCAS data published today which shows a 19% drop in applicants to nursing programmes in Scotland in the last year, with applicants 6,450 as of 30 June 2023, compared to 7,930 in 202
Responding to today's Scottish Government update on the future of care services, Liberal Democrat Scottish Affairs spokesperson Christine Jardine MP said:
Responding to the latest Scottish Government Labour Force Survey (LFS) estimates for March to May 2023 which indicate that over the quarter the unemployment rate increased, while the employment rate decreased and the inactivity rate increased, Scottish Li
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has today revealed that almost a million Scots have had to wait more than 4 hours in A&E since the Scottish Government's key waiting times target was last hit three years ago – a new record.
The Liberal Democrats have called on Rishi Sunak to confirm that he will support potential sanctions against Nadine Dorries, Jacob Rees-Mogg and five other Conservative MPs for undermining the Commons’ partygate investigation into Boris Johnson.
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has today pressed the new Health Secretary to get a grip as he revealed that a current patient in Dumfries & Galloway has waited almost five years for treatment, while a patient in Ayrshire & Arran had t
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.
