All the latest news from the Highland Liberal Democrats.
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.
Speaking ahead of SNP conference, Scottish Liberal Democrat election campaign chair Wendy Chamberlain MP said:
Liam McArthur has today thanked MSPs for their constructive contributions and urged them to back his Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults bill as the legislation completed a fourth and final day of parliamentary scrutiny.
Responding to the Educational Institute of Scotland calling off strike action, Scottish Liberal Democrat education spokesperson Willie Rennie MSP said:
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has today backed Liberal Democrat proposals for a price cap for those who rely on heating oil, as rural households face a sudden and severe rise in energy bills following the war in Iran.
Liam McArthur MSP has today welcomed the addition of further safeguards to his Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults bill.
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP today said "Scotland's mums deserve better" as he challenged John Swinney over new research showing staff sounded the alarm about short staffing on maternity wards almost 300 times last year.
The anticipated Somerton and Frome election will be a close two horse race between the Lib Dems and the Conservatives.
The Liberal Democrats have today published a comprehensive blueprint for replacing the broken business rates system.