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 Health Secretary Humza Yousaf’s appearance on the BBC’s Good Morning Scotland programme earlier, where he claimed there was “much success” in the health service and that preventing strike action by NHS staff is “where one of his strengths lie,” Scottish Liberal Democrat leader and health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said:
Responding to the news that the Chief Constable of Police Scotland Sir Iain Livingstone is to retire in the summer, while warning in a report that the position the police have been put in is “unsustainable”, Scottish Liberal Democrat justice spokesperson Liam McArthur MSP said:
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today described the Auditor General’s annual report on the NHS as “a damning verdict of Humza Yousaf’s time as Health Secretary”, after it concluded that the government’s NHS Recovery Plan lacks detailed actions and that key recruitment targets are set to be missed.
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP will lead a parliamentary debate today to urge a comprehensive investigation into the reach of Chinese state surveillance amid revelations about “digital asbestos” CCTV cameras, the uncovering of an alleged secret so-called police station in Glasgow and the intimidation of pro-Hong Kong democracy campaigners in Scotland.
Responding to Humza Yousaf’s comments that he is willing to work with those who oppose the National Care Service legislation and potentially compromise on current plans, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader and health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said:
Speaking ahead of the parliamentary debate on the Scottish Government’s Deposit Return Scheme (DRS), Scottish Liberal Democrat climate emergency spokesperson Liam McArthur MSP has confirmed that he will vote in favour of a pause to the scheme and called on SNP and Green MSPs to sufficiently address the concerns of businesses.
The Liberal Democrats have today published a comprehensive blueprint for replacing the broken business rates system.
