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.
The Liberal Democrats have demanded that Rishi Sunak hold an emergency food summit in Downing Street with supermarkets, farmers and food manufacturers, to discuss measures to tackle soaring food prices.
Following the news that 13,000 women will be invited for a smear test after errors in Scotland’s cervical screening programme, Scottish Liberal Democrat MSP Beatrice Wishart has today challenged Humza Yousaf on how he will support the women affected and c
Liam McArthur MSP has today pressed the Scottish Government to listen to the concerns of small business over the proposed deposit return scheme.
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:
Richard is an incredible candidate, whose dedication to others has shone not only through his career, but also in his voluntary roles in the community.
Scrapping the Protocol would represent a new low. It would be an egregious breach of international law.
The anticipated Somerton and Frome election will be a close two horse race between the Lib Dems and the Conservatives.
Liberal Democrats want a way forward which works for Britain - that cuts down red tape, reduces costs for businesses and makes people better off as a result.
The Liberal Democrats have today published a comprehensive blueprint for replacing the broken business rates system.
