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.
Orkney MSP Liam McArthur has today called on the Scottish Government to pause its deposit return scheme after more than 600 producers warned that logistical challenges will not have been overcome by the government's proposed start date.
Alex Cole-Hamilton responds the news that the number of applicants for nursing courses in Scotland has dropped by 24%, representing the sharpest fall of any UK nation and the second year in a row where applications have decreased.
Alex Cole-Hamilton responds to the warning by the Royal College of Psychiatrists that Scotland’s “mental health must not be dealt a hammer blow,” with 40% of Scots thinking it is now harder than five years ago to access mental health services.
Alex Cole-Hamilton speaks after SNP and Green ministers voted down proposals to ditch the takeover of care services by ministers.
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader and health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has condemned the government’s response to the crisis in NHS dentistry as “rotten to the root" after SNP and Green MSPs opposed proposals to address the issue this afternoon.
Jamie Stone, the MP for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, comments on the news that health services for women in the Highlands are to be reviewed.
The Liberal Democrats have today published a comprehensive blueprint for replacing the broken business rates system.
