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 new figures showing that only 64.1% of patients attending A&E were seen within the 4 hour target last week, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader and health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton said:
Responding to Parliament’s Independent Expert Panel rejecting Margaret Ferrier's appeal against her suspension for breaching Covid regulations, Scottish Liberal Democrat deputy leader Wendy Chamberlain MP said:
Responding to comments by SNP Depute Leader Keith Brown on BBC Radio Scotland this morning that the party is “perfectly entitled” to hold a special conference on separation, after it was announced that this will now take place in June, Scottish Liberal De
Scottish Liberal Democrats have today revealed that NHS staff have reported instances of violence and harassment on almost 100,000 occasions since 2018.
Scottish Liberal Democrat justice spokesperson Liam McArthur MSP has today urged Police Scotland to get tough on drivers who use their mobile phones while driving as he revealed that the number of offences has already rebounded to pre-pandemic levels.
Scottish Liberal Democrat MSP Willie Rennie has today accused the Scottish Government of allowing communities to be rundown as he revealed that 53% of Scots reported issues such as drug misuse, vandalism and litter were common in their neighbourhood.
The Liberal Democrats have today published a comprehensive blueprint for replacing the broken business rates system.
