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.
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has condemned the Home Office’s response to his Urgent Question on fishing worker visas as “not as an answer but an insult”. Mr Carmichael let MPs in outlining a range of concerns for fishermen across the count
Responding to Audit Scotland’s report on the government's delivery of climate goals, which indicates that there are “gaps in reports” and that there has been “no workforce plan for climate change since the Net Zero department was established in late 2021,
Responding to Colin Beattie quitting as SNP Treasurer, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton said:
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has today challenged the Prime Minister in the House of Commons over the government’s disruption of fishing operations across the country due to sudden visa rule changes. Fishermen in the Northern Isles and acr
Responding to Deputy First Minister Shona Robison's admission on Good Morning Scotland that the SNP must "get their house in order" and that auditors for the party have still not been found, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton said:
Responding to confirmation that the DRS scheme has been paused until March 2024, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton said:
The Liberal Democrats have today published a comprehensive blueprint for replacing the broken business rates system.
