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 MSP for Orkney, Liam McArthur, has written to Scotland’s Public Health Minister, Jenni Minto, to raise concerns about shortages of a crucial medication used to treat diabetes and the impact this is having on patients in Orkney an
Speaking as schools across the country return from the summer break, Scottish Liberal Democrat education spokesperson Willie Rennie MSP has called on the government to take firm steps to end violence in schools and ensure that staff are properly supported
Speaking as a new law comes into effect allowing parents to decide whether to defer their child starting school for a year and securing more funded childcare provision if they choose to do so, Scottish Liberal Democrat education spokesperson Willie Rennie
Responding to new findings by the Royal College of Psychiatrists that frontline spend on mental health has reduced from 9.12% of the Scottish Government's budget in 2011/12 to 8.78% in 2021/22, Scottish Liberal Democrat health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamil
Responding to the GERS figures published this morning, Scottish Liberal Democrat finance spokesperson John Ferry said:
Scottish Liberal Democrat health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today said that a significant rise in the number of patients experiencing longer waits for treatment of broken hips is yet another poor legacy of Humza Yousaf's time as Health Secret
The Liberal Democrats have today published a comprehensive blueprint for replacing the broken business rates system.
