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.
With crimes of fraud increasing by an astonishing 97% since 2018, Scottish Liberal Democrat justice spokesperson Liam McArthur MSP has called on the government to equip Police Scotland with the resources needed to combat fraud.
Scottish Liberal Democrat Leader and Health spokesperson, Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has called on the Scottish Government to “abandon" their ministerial takeover of social care after new figures today showed almost 12,000 people in Scotland are waiting to be assessed or have a care package arranged.
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader and health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP today called on the Cabinet Secretary to “wake up to the reality of this crisis” following the news that 1 in 7 Scots are still on an NHS waiting list.
Scottish Liberal Democrat education spokesperson Willie Rennie MSP today said new official statistics show the First Minister has “hardly touched” the attainment gap since claiming that closing the poverty-related attainment gap was her defining mission.
Responding to new figures showing that only 64.4% of patients attending A&E were seen within the four-hour target time, with just 41.3% seen on time in the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader and health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said:
On the final day of LGBT+ History Month, Scottish Liberal Democrats have called on the SNP/Green Government to take forward a series of action points which will enhance LGBT+ inclusion, such as expanding training for NHS and school staff.
The Liberal Democrats have today published a comprehensive blueprint for replacing the broken business rates system.
