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.
Liberal Democrat Scottish affairs spokesperson Christine Jardine has today criticised the UK Government’s budget for not doing enough to support households hit by the cost of living crisis as well as criticising the rise in whisky duties.
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has today warned that the next First Minister must take immediate action to save NHS dentistry after a new devastating new survey of dentists revealed 59% of dentists say they have reduced the amount of NHS work they undertake since lockdown and 83% now say they will reduce - or further reduce - their NHS commitment in the year ahead.
Responding to Audit Scotland’s report on Ferguson Marine, which states that “there is still no certainty” over costs, delays and the viability of the shipyard’s future, as well as criticising bonus payments to Ferguson’s senior management, Scottish Liberal Democrat economy spokesperson Willie Rennie MSP said:
Speaking as the Scottish Government’s consultation on the future of freedom of information legislation closes, Scottish Liberal Democrat MSP Willie Rennie has today set out a series of steps to strengthen the public’s rights and help fix our broken politics.
Following new figures showing that once again, more than 1,000 people died from suspected drugs deaths in 2022, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader and health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton has today said that Nicola Sturgeon has left behind “an appalling legacy."
Responding to new figures showing that only 45.5% of patients who went to the A&E department at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh were seen within the four-hour target time, and waits remaining high across the country, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader and health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today said that Humza Yousaf's NHS recovery plan has failed.
The Liberal Democrats have today published a comprehensive blueprint for replacing the broken business rates system.
