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.
Responding to the Scottish Government’s announcement that they will allocate more money to GP surgeries over the next three years, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader and health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said:
Responding to a new report on drugs which shows the number of drug-related hospital admissions was 10% higher between April and June 2025 than the previous quarter, while suspected drug deaths increased by 12% between June and August 2025 compared to 2024
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader and health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today said the SNP are disastrous for your health after figures showed that 865,432 are on NHS waiting lists.
Scottish Liberal Democrat MP for Inverness Angus MacDonald has today said the crisis in social care is spiralling under the SNP after new figures revealed almost one in five care homes for adults has closed over the past decade.
Commenting on reports that the UK Government plans to house up to 300 migrants in the Cameron barracks in Inverness, Angus MacDonald, MP for Inverness, Skye & West Ross-shire, said:
Responding to new figures showing only 64% of people attending A&E were seen within the 4 hour target in the week ending 19th October, while 3,137 people waited over 8 hours and 1,347 waited over 12 hours, both higher than the previous week, Alex Cole-Ham
Statement from Ed Davey, Leader of the Liberal Democrats, on the death of Her Majesty The Queen.
Liz Truss and the Conservatives are completely out of touch with the British people.
Their bravery - in the face of six months of brutal atrocities perpetrated by Putin’s regime - is an inspiration to us all.
This is an emergency. Cancel October's planned energy bill rise to save people £1500.
Liberal Democrats will stand up for carers, so we can provide their children with a better start in life, no matter their background.
We have made incredible strides when it comes to protecting the fundamental human rights of those with LGBT+ identities, but we still have so much work to do.