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.
Responding to the Scottish Government’s launch of its Green Industrial Strategy, economy spokesperson Willie Rennie MSP said:
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today responded to the GMB’s decision to oppose the SNP’s centralised takeover of care services, urging ministers to scrap their plans and focus on supporting frontline staff and users instead.
Responding to the Children’s Commissioner’s criticism of the Scottish Government’s decision to scrap plans for universal free school meals for primary pupils, which included her stating “warm words about tackling child poverty do not keep children warm, n
Responding to former Health Secretary Michael Matheson returning to the Scottish Parliament after serving a record ban for breaching parliament’s expenses policy, Scottish Liberal Democrat Willie Rennie MSP said:
Responding to the vote to cut the Winter Fuel Payment, Scottish Liberal Democrat deputy leader Wendy Chamberlain MP said:
Jamie Stone, MP for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, has been announced as the new Chair of the Petitions Committee, after being elected unopposed.
The Liberal Democrats have today published a comprehensive blueprint for replacing the broken business rates system.
