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 education spokesperson Willie Rennie MSP has urged the SNP government to urgently address falling teacher numbers, after research by his party revealed there has been an increase in the number of pupils making multi-mile commutes
Scottish Liberal Democrat justice spokesperson Liam McArthur MSP has today called on ministers to undertake immediate root and branch reform of fatal accident inquiries (FAI) as he revealed that the current longest outstanding wait is more than eight year
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today said that Scotland needs world-class mental health services after research by his party uncovered shocking waits for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) across many of Scotl
Scottish Liberal Democrat justice spokesperson Liam McArthur MSP has today warned the Special Constabulary is “collapsing into extinction” after research from his party revealed that their numbers have fallen sharply since the SNP’s centralisation of Scot
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader and health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today urged the SNP Government to finally combat pressures faced by nurses and midwives, after research by his party revealed that nearly 800,000 days of nursing and midwi
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said:
Today, Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords have strongly opposed the Government’s draconian Public Order Bill.
We do not need another Conservative Prime Minister lurching from crisis to crisis, we need a general election.
The bravery shown by the women of Iran over the last few weeks has been inspiring. Liberal Democrats will do all we can to ensure the UK Government stands with them.
Truss must scrap this budget to save the economy and give those on benefits a much needed lifeline this winter.
October is Black History Month - a time to celebrate the Black British community, recognise their contributions and discover their stories.
Statement from Ed Davey, Leader of the Liberal Democrats, on the death of Her Majesty The Queen.
