All the latest news from the Highland Liberal Democrats.
Far North Liberal Democrats Jamie Stone and David Green have written to the Secretary of State for Transport to raise concerns regarding the backlog of practical driving tests in the Highlands.
The Scottish Government and NHS Highland are being urged to set out a timetable for collating the information required for Scottish Ministers to make a decision in response to calls for an independent review of maternity services in Caithness.
The Liberal Democrat candidate for the Far North, David Green, says it “stinks” that the Scottish Government has no plans monitor 100% of overflows despite sewage concerns raised by Caithness campaigners.
Scottish Liberal Democrat politicians from across the Highlands have come together to urge the Bank of Scotland to think again following the bank’s decision to close branches in Dingwall, Gairloch, Nairn, and Tain next year.
A petition has been launched to save the under-threat Tain Royal Academy Community Complex (TRACC) facilities that serve the Tain and Easter Ross community.
Opposition to Tain losing its only swimming pool is growing as the SNP-led administration at Highland Council is urged to “go back to the drawing board” or risk letting down a generation of young people in the Easter Ross community.
Scottish Liberal Democrat justice spokesperson Liam McArthur has today called on the SNP government to redouble efforts to ensure every Scottish home has a safe and appropriate smoke alarm system as new figures revealed that alarms were missing from over
Responding to a report by the Auditor General for Scotland which states that the Scottish Government is still relying on short-term measures to address a forecasted gap between its spending and funding, with its latest £1bn underspend largely supported by
Liberal Democrat Scottish Affairs spokesperson Susan Murray has accused the Scottish Conservatives of clinging to Nigel Farage’s coattails after her party defeated a Ten Minute Rule Bill from the Reform leader on withdrawing the UK from the ECHR.
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton and Welsh Liberal Democrat leader Jane Dodds have today pledged to defend common values across the UK and stand up for public services “neglected by nationalists”.
Scottish Liberal Democrat candidate for Inverness and Nairn Neil Alexander has today said that Scotland deserves better than the SNP’s neglect of dangerous roads, as new figures showed that road deaths in 2024 were up by 11.8% compared to 2023.
Scottish Liberal Democrat and North East Fife MSP Willie Rennie has today questioned Scottish Government Health Secretary Neil Gray on the failings in maternity services revealed by BBC Disclosure and Healthcare Improvement Scotland.
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