All the latest news from the Highland Liberal Democrats.
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.
Scottish Liberal Democrat MP for Inverness Angus MacDonald has today said the crisis in social care is spiralling under the SNP after new figures revealed almost one in five care homes for adults has closed over the past decade.
Commenting on reports that the UK Government plans to house up to 300 migrants in the Cameron barracks in Inverness, Angus MacDonald, MP for Inverness, Skye & West Ross-shire, said:
Responding to new figures showing only 64% of people attending A&E were seen within the 4 hour target in the week ending 19th October, while 3,137 people waited over 8 hours and 1,347 waited over 12 hours, both higher than the previous week, Alex Cole-Ham
Scottish Liberal Democrats have today called for support for North Sea workers as oil and gas services firm Petrofac announced that it is to appoint administrators, putting thousands of jobs at risk.
Edinburgh West MP Christine Jardine has urged DEFRA to act “without delay” to remove bureaucratic barriers preventing endangered animals being transferred to and from Edinburgh Zoo — delays she warned could cost species their chance of survival.
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader and health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today urged the SNP Government to finally combat pressures faced by nurses and midwives.
Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey is demanding the Chancellor cancels plans to hike the average household energy bill by £500 in April, and cuts people’s bills instead.
Liberal Democrats continue to be proud to stand shoulder to shoulder against tyranny, and we will stand with Ukraine until they are victorious.
Regulations covering workers rights, parental leave, child safety and more could be scrapped by this Conservative Government.
Each year, thousands step up to support a child who is unable to live with their birth parents.
A typical family has been left almost £1,200 poorer in the 100 days since Rishi Sunak became Prime Minister
The Government has caved into the Liberal Democrat campaign to end sewage discharges into rivers.