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.
Scottish Liberal Democrat justice spokesperson Liam McArthur MSP has today marked 999 Day by urging the SNP Government to act now to tackle the steady decline in firefighters, after it was revealed that the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service have lost more
Scottish Liberal Democrat communities spokesperson Willie Rennie MSP has today called on SNP ministers to ramp up support for households as he revealed more than a quarter of homes are not meeting new standards for smoke, heat and carbon monoxide alarms.
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today welcomed Malcolm Macdonald as a new Liberal Democrat councillor for the Western Isles, as he emphasised that the party is continuing its revival in every corner of Scotland.
During a debate on the GB Energy Bill, newly elected Highland Liberal Democrat MP, Angus MacDonald, has made his maiden speech in the House of Commons (Thursday 5th September).
Speaking in the Scottish Parliament this afternoon in response to the First Minister’s Programme for Government, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said:
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has today pressed the Scottish Government over its decision not to make survivors of abuse at Fornethy House eligible for Scotland's Redress scheme.
The Liberal Democrats have today published a comprehensive blueprint for replacing the broken business rates system.
