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.
The Liberal Democrats will today (Wednesday 16th October) use their opposition day in Parliament to raise the NHS crisis, as a shocking new poll commissioned by the party reveals reveals a quarter (27%) of working adults in the UK say they have been unabl
Speaking ahead of the introduction of assisted dying legislation in the UK Parliament, Scottish Liberal Democrat MSP Liam McArthur has welcomed the move and said that it represents more evidence of the momentum that is building behind a change to the law.
Responding to new figures showing only 62.7% of people attending A&E were seen within the 4 hour target in the week ending 6th October, while 3,536 people waited over 8 hours and 1,649 waited over 12 hours, Scottish Liberal Democrat health spokesperson Al
Responding to the news that ferry fares across Scotland will increase by 10% from next year, Orkney MSP Liam McArthur said:
On 15th October, Angus MacDonald MP for Inverness, Skye, and West Ross-shire will lead a Westminster Hall debate on the community benefits from renewable energy projects.
Former Deputy First Minister Jim Wallace (Lord Wallace of Tankerness) said: "I was saddened to learn of Alex Salmond's sudden death. "Whilst we undoubtedly had our political differences, I know from having been his political opponent, just what a formid
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.
