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.
Commenting on the Scottish Government’s decision to disband its ministerial working group on buffer zones around abortion clinics, Christine Jardine MP said:
Speaking after he attended the anti-poverty summit convened by the First Minister in Edinburgh this morning, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton said:
Responding to today's EIS survey highlighting concerns about wellbeing and workload among Scotland's teachers, Scottish Liberal Democrat education spokesperson Willie Rennie said:
Commenting on the embargoed report from the Royal College of Nursing calling for a retention strategy to keep more nurses in their jobs at all stages of their career, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton said:
Speaking in the Scottish Parliament's first debate on highly protected marine areas, Shetland MSP Beatrice Wishart said:
Responding to a letter sent by Education Secretary Jenny Gilruth to university principals which states that, “due to new pressures in the education and skills government portfolio since the 2023-24 budget announcement the additional £46m uplift for colleg
The Liberal Democrats have today published a comprehensive blueprint for replacing the broken business rates system.
