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 John Swinney claiming that the SNP Government can still achieve its legally binding target to reduce child poverty to 10% by 2030, despite almost a quarter of children currently living in poverty and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation warning th
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today urged ministers to use every tool at their disposal to stop people dying from drugs after a new report laid bare the scale of the crisis.
Responding to new figures showing only 65.4% of people attending A&E were seen within the 4 hour target in the week ending 29th September, while 3,048 people waited over 8 hours and 1,262 waited over 12 hours, Scottish Liberal Democrat health spokesperson
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has today called for a new package of support for NHS staff and measures to put their experience at the heart of driving the NHS recovery as he unveiled a snapshot of the health service which showed more
Responding to the news that the STUC has withdrawn support for the Scottish Government's proposed centralisation of care services, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton said:
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has today said that the SNP are ignoring the immediate needs of staff and service users by continuing with their ministerial power grab of the social care sector, after a survey revealed big drops in sat
The Liberal Democrats have today published a comprehensive blueprint for replacing the broken business rates system.
