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All the latest news from the Highland and Scottish Liberal Democrats, Angus MacDonald MP and Jamie Stone MP

Threat from ticks
Angus MacDonald

Threat from ticks

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.

AMD
4 Jul 2023
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Angus MacDonald

Corran Ferry, electric proposal

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.

AMD
4 Jul 2023
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Angus MacDonald

A Rum deal

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?

AMD
4 Jul 2023
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Scottish News

Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP

Scot Lib Dems win record Edinburgh by-election victory

Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has today marked his party’s extraordinary victory in the Costorphine/Murrayfield by-election in Edinburgh, which saw the party win more than 50% of the vote, defeating eight challengers on the first ballot.

10 Mar 2023
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Liam McArthur MSP

Time to pay up for climate damages, Scot Lib Dems set to argue

At their Spring Conference in Dundee, the Scottish Liberal Democrats will debate proposals that would see the UK Government and fossil fuel companies contribute to a loss and damage fund to pay for the damages caused by the climate crisis to vulnerable communities around the globe.

9 Mar 2023
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Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP

Cole-Hamilton responds to BMA survey on junior doctors

Responding to the survey by the British Medical Association (BMA) of junior doctors in Scotland that found more than 40% are “actively researching” leaving the NHS and that almost 80% expect to have taken on a second job this year to help pay their bills, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader and health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said:

8 Mar 2023
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UK News

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