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 economy spokesperson Willie Rennie MSP has today accused the Scottish Government of treating island communities with neglect as he revealed that CalMac compensation payments have almost doubled and more than 17,000 ferry journeys
Scottish Liberal Democrat North East Fife MP Wendy Chamberlain’s Carer’s Leave Bill passed its final stage in the House of Lords today and will now become law. The ‘landmark’ piece of legislation will come into effect next year and give unpaid carers a le
The Carer’s Leave Bill introduced by North East Fife MP Wendy Chamberlain will reach its final parliamentary stage this Friday in the House of Lords. The Bill, which has been described by the charity Carers UK as a ‘landmark’ piece of legislation, has cro
Responding to reports that the roll-out of the Scottish Government’s new Adult Disability Payment has seen “significant delays,” according to welfare rights groups, Scottish Liberal Democrat economy and communities spokesperson Willie Rennie MSP said:
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today challenged the First Minister in Parliament over sewage discharges in Scotland’s waterways and called on the government to introduce the first legally-binding targets to tackle these sewage
Scottish Liberal Democrat education spokesperson Willie Rennie MSP has today urged the government to urgently invest in core education provision and avert a “national scandal,” after his party uncovered that there were more than 13,800 instances of violen
The Liberal Democrats have today published a comprehensive blueprint for replacing the broken business rates system.
