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 has today accused the Scottish Government of misleading Ukrainians who fled to Scotland as he revealed that more than 3,000 of them remain in temporary accommodation, a year on from the closure of the Sc
Responding to the news that the House of Commons standards committee has said Chris Pincher should be suspended, Liberal Democrat Chief Whip Wendy Chamberlain MP said:
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has today filed a series of parliamentary questions demanding answers from the Scottish Government over the use of a dangerous form of concrete used in public sector construction for decades.
The Liberal Democrats have said Rishi Sunak has “thrown in the towel” on tackling Conservative sleaze, one year to the day after he resigned from Boris Johnson’s scandal-hit government.
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has today marked the 75th Anniversary of the National Health Service and set out plans to revive the service in the face of SNP apathy.
Responding to the news that Orkney Islands Council have passed a motion looking into ‘alternative models of governance’, Orkney MSP Liam McArthur said:
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.
