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.
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:
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today announced that Ukrainian MP and the leader of Golos Liberal Political Party, Kira Rudik, will address the party conference in Dundee this weekend.
At the forthcoming Scottish Liberal Democrat conference in Dundee, the party will set out plans proposed by climate emergency spokesperson Liam McArthur MSP to boost support for greener cars and the transition to net zero.
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader and health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today called for the Scottish Government to take “real action” on NHS backlogs, after new Liberal Democrat analysis revealed that 384,023 operations have been lost since the pandemic first began, highlighting once again that the Cabinet Secretary needs to go back to the drawing board and come up with a new NHS Recovery Plan
Responding to Public Health Scotland statistics showing the 18-week mental health treatment target is still being missed for 30% of children, with more than 4,000 children and adults waiting a year or more for mental health treatment, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader and health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP commented:
Responding to figures that show almost 6,000 vacancies across nursing and midwifery, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader and health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has warned they, “will only get worse” if action is not taken urgently.
The Liberal Democrats have today published a comprehensive blueprint for replacing the broken business rates system.
