Threat from ticks
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.
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.
Jamie Stone, MP for Caithness Sutherland and Easter Ross, will lead a backbench business debate on devolution in Scotland, scheduled in the House of Commons on Wednesday 22nd October.
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has today condemned SNP hypocrisy over mandatory digital ID, during a debate on the issue in Parliament.
Responding to the Scottish Government's draft Circular Economy Strategy, published while Biffa separately sues the Scottish Government in court for £166m in damages over the collapsed deposit return scheme, Scottish Liberal Democrat climate emergency spok
Following a damning series of findings published in a new health survey, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today said that "voting SNP is bad for your health."
Responding to new figures showing only 61.9% of people attending A&E were seen within the 4 hour target in the week ending 12th October, while 3,704 people waited over 8 hours and 1,589 waited over 12 hours, Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said:
Responding to the opening of the Scottish Airspace Modernisation consultation which will affect flight paths over Edinburgh and Glasgow, Edinburgh West MP Christine Jardine said delays to be Edinburgh Airport process had been “intolerable” for those livin
We are deeply concerned that both renters and homeowners could face homelessness during one of the most difficult Winters in living memory.
Today, Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords are using a rare Parliamentary procedure called a ‘Fatal Motion’ to try to block the new Voter ID regulations.
Campaigning for fair votes has been part of the Liberal Democrat mission ever since we were founded. Last night, Ed Davey made a speech at the IPPR think tank about why it’s time has come - and how to make it happen.
Today is Carers Rights Day - a chance for us to keep beating the drum for unpaid carers and raising awareness about their rights.
The sheer quantity of raw sewage being dumped into Britain’s rivers and coastal areas is a scandal and a disgrace.
Thanks to the Conservatives’ disastrous mini-budget, we are facing a mortgage crisis.