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.
Scottish Liberal Democrat spokesperson for connectivity Beatrice Wishart MSP has today revealed that 300,000 young people are still missing out on bus passes despite the Scottish Government spending more than £1 million on a national marketing campaign to promote free bus travel for under 22s.
As new statistics show that across Scotland in 2022 people spent just under 2,000 years waiting to be discharged, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader and health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has called on the SNP leadership contenders to scrap the National Care Service if elected as First Minister.
Responding to the news that an improved pay offer will be put to teachers and that strike action will be suspended, Scottish Liberal Democrat education spokesperson Willie Rennie MSP said:
Scottish Liberal Democrat economy spokesperson Willie Rennie MSP has today criticised the SNP’s handling of vocational education and urged them to look to Germany to learn lessons for how to deliver training and education in key areas.
Speaking tens years on from the Police Scotland merger, Scottish Liberal Democrat and Shetland MSP, Beatrice Wishart, has raised rural police practices with the Cabinet Secretary for Justice, Keith Brown MSP.
Speaking during a parliamentary debate marking Eating Disorders Awareness Week, Scottish Liberal Democrat Beatrice Wishart MSP has today called on the Scottish Government to scrap plans for calorie counts on the menus of Scottish eateries.
Richard is an incredible candidate, whose dedication to others has shone not only through his career, but also in his voluntary roles in the community.
Scrapping the Protocol would represent a new low. It would be an egregious breach of international law.
The anticipated Somerton and Frome election will be a close two horse race between the Lib Dems and the Conservatives.
Liberal Democrats want a way forward which works for Britain - that cuts down red tape, reduces costs for businesses and makes people better off as a result.
The Liberal Democrats have today published a comprehensive blueprint for replacing the broken business rates system.
