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.
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has today said that Brexit and SNP incompetence are costing Scotland dearly as new analysis from his party revealed that Scotland now exports less, both to EU destinations and to the rest of the UK.
Scottish Liberal Democrat economy spokesperson Jamie Greene has today called on the Scottish Government to do more to help the one in five Scots who currently find themselves not in education, employment or training.
Scottish Liberal Democrat MSP for Shetland Beatrice Wishart has today revealed the brutal extent of the SNP’s farming scandal, as she highlighted that fewer than 1 in 10 small farmers and crofters received funding from a botched Scottish Government scheme
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has said that his party is turning the screws on the SNP in the Highlands, as the Liberal Democrats stormed to victory in the Fort William by-election today.
As he campaigns in Peebles today, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton unveiled the party’s full sweep of candidates for the South of Scotland, and urged voters to use their second, peach-coloured ballot paper to back them at next May’s ele
Responding to the tabling of votes of no confidence in Justice Secretary Angela Constance, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP commented:
The Government has caved into the Liberal Democrat campaign to end sewage discharges into rivers.
Today marks the beginning of LGBT History Month - a time to discover the stories of the LGBT+ community, acknowledge the prejudice they have faced, and celebrate the progress that has been achieved.
292 Conservative MPs voted to allow sewage dumping by water companies in our rivers, lakes and coasts for at least 15 more years.
The government needs to step up efforts to recover billions of pounds in unpaid taxes, instead of asking the public to clean up their mess.
This year there should be jubilant celebrations of the Windrush 75th Anniversary. But instead we hear reports regarding Conservative plans to go back on Wendy Williams' recommendations.
"The New Year is an opportunity to turn the page and look ahead. And although things are tough for millions, I sense change is possible - so I look to the New Year with hope and optimism."