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All the latest news from the Highland Liberal Democrats.

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

Edinburgh can't wait to 2031 for eye hospital replacement

Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has today urged the Scottish Government to get shovels in the ground, as the Scottish Health Secretary confirmed that it could take six years to deliver a replacement for the Edinburgh Eye Pavilion.

5 Nov 2025
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Liam McArthur

McArthur responds to waste consultant comments on GMS

Responding to an interview on BBC Radio Scotland with Alasdair Meldrum, director of waste management consultants Albion Environmental, who said that the SNP government’s delay in rolling out a landfill ban was “fairly inevitable”, and that we need to do m

5 Nov 2025
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Liam McArthur

Police officer figures still worryingly low

Scottish Liberal Democrat justice spokesperson Liam McArthur MSP has today said SNP ministers must urgently listen to the needs of police officers and staff as new figures revealed there are now 1,055 fewer officers than when Police Scotland was first for

4 Nov 2025
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Michael Turvey and Yi-Pei Chou-Turvey

Lib Dems blast SNP over management of NHS Grampian

Scottish Liberal Democrat lead candidate for North East Scotland Yi-pei Chou Turvey has today blasted Scottish Government neglect as new reports into NHS Grampian revealed concerns about financial sustainability, leadership and governance, and service per

4 Nov 2025
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UK News

Diversity

Celebrating the lives of incredible women

This International Women’s Day, I will be celebrating so many incredible women - who have brought us this far; who work tirelessly for equality; and who will take us even further in the years to come.

ED
8 Mar 2023
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Flags of the UK and Ukraine with the words stand with Ukraine and the Liberal Democrat logo
International Affairs

We stand with Ukraine

Liberal Democrats continue to be proud to stand shoulder to shoulder against tyranny, and we will stand with Ukraine until they are victorious.

LM
24 Feb 2023
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