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All the latest news from the Highland and Scottish Liberal Democrats, Angus MacDonald MP and Jamie Stone MP

Threat from ticks
Angus MacDonald

Threat from ticks

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.

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4 Jul 2023
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Angus MacDonald

Corran Ferry, electric proposal

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.

AMD
4 Jul 2023
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Angus MacDonald

A Rum deal

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?

AMD
4 Jul 2023
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Scottish News

Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP

SNP needs to wake up to crisis in A&E

Responding to new figures showing that only 65.8% of patients were seen across Scotland within the 4 hour target last week, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader and health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton said:

16 May 2023
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Willie Rennie MSP

Braverman leaves fruit farmers in a jam

Responding to the Home Secretary's statement on seasonal workers and the response from NFU Scotland’s Horticulture Chair Iain Brown, a soft fruit and vegetable grower from Fife in which he said that “Many Scottish soft fruit and vegetable growers have inv

15 May 2023
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Willie Rennie MSP

Hundreds of Scottish schools in deficit last year

Scottish Liberal Democrats have today revealed new research showing that more than 200 Scottish state schools ran deficits last year. Figures uncovered by the party through freedom of information requests show that 238 schools reported deficits, with the

15 May 2023
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UK News

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