Stone ‘thrilled’ with Flow Country’s World Heritage Status
"Many of us have long suspected that this unique habitat was probably of world importance - now we know that it most certainly is and has been recognised as such."
26 Jul 2024
News
All the latest news from the Highland and Scottish Liberal Democrats, Angus MacDonald MP and Jamie Stone MP
MacDonald respond to fresh NHS buildings delay at Portree, Fort William and Inverness
“People are waiting an age for treatment but the SNP have poured cold water on essential new NHS buildings all across Scotland."
26 Jul 2024
Stone raises concerns over staff vacancies in Highland schools under the SNP
“Scotland’s education system used to be the envy of the world. However, under this SNP Government, we have witnessed the significant and continuous decline in education standards across the country.
25 Jul 2024
Stone signs WASPI Parliamentary Motion
“WASPI women are dying without the DWP admitting to their errors. Without any acknowledgement of the impact that this has had on their lives and without compensation.
18 Jul 2024
Local News
Jamie Stone reacts to King's Speech
'I would strongly encourage the Energy Secretary, Ed Miliband, to look at projects like the Cromarty Firth Green Freeport and I would invite him to come north as soon as possible to see for himself what is being done there.'
17 Jul 2024
Angus MacDonald
Campervan chaos solution is staring us in the face
I drove home last night behind two campervans at 40mph, one of them towing a small car. Our convoy passed Glenfinnan Church, with seven campervans ignoring the No Parking signs, and their inhabitants enjoying the sunshine.
AMD
25 May 2024
Scottish News
Cole-Hamilton: Cancer waiting times “nowhere near good enough”
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today told the SNP Government that cancer waiting times are “nowhere near good enough” as new figures show that waiting times for cancer treatment are among the worst ever.
25 Mar 2025
McArthur responds to report showing police custody photos unusable for catching criminals
Responding to the embargoed report from the Scottish Biometrics Commissioner and HM Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland, which warns that a software error means some custody photographs taken by Police Scotland are of such poor quality that they cann
25 Mar 2025
Cole-Hamilton responds to lack of Covid preparedness comments
Responding to Professor Mark Woolhouse’s interview on BBC Radio Scotland, where he said that concern about Covid-19 in the months leading up to the pandemic “didn’t get translated through the government advisory systems as they existed at the time into a
24 Mar 2025
Almost 100 years of paramedic staff time lost to mental health since 2019
Scottish Liberal Democrat Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP today said that SNP mismanagement has made it tougher for people to get the life-saving treatment they need, after new research by his party revealed that more than 400,000 hours, or 92 years, of paramedic
23 Mar 2025
Satisfaction with public transport among disabled people falls by almost 10%
Scottish Liberal Democrat transport spokesperson Daniel O’Malley has today urged the SNP Government to make public transport more affordable and accessible, after new figures revealed there has been a 9% drop in satisfaction with public transport among di
22 Mar 2025
Ewing reaction: Lib Dems are winning all over the Highlands
Responding to Fergus Ewing’s announcement that he won’t stand for the SNP in 2026, Scottish Liberal Democrat MP Angus MacDonald, who represents Inverness after beating the SNP at the general election, said:
21 Mar 2025
UK News
International Affairs
Ed Davey marks Holocaust Memorial Day 2025
Today is Holocaust Memorial Day.
ED
27 Jan 2025
International Affairs
Britain Leading Again
The UK must once again stand tall, leading on the world stage and working closely with those who share our interests – including, above all, our partners in Europe.
ED
16 Jan 2025
Latest UK News
Protecting children from sexual abuse
No child should ever have to experience sexual abuse. These are horrifying crimes that cause so much harm to the children who are victims. We will keep up the pressure so that the action needed to make our communities safe all children finally happens.
MW
8 Jan 2025
Latest UK News
New Year Message
Government must deliver the change people are yearning for
ED
31 Dec 2024
Latest UK News
This Christmas, Love is Enough
A new charity single to support young carers
ED
29 Nov 2024
Climate Change
“I left COP29 with hope in my heart”
Pippa Heylings reports from the global climate summit in Baku
PH
25 Nov 2024