All the latest news from the Highland Liberal Democrats.
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.
Jamie Stone, MP for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, has asked the Prime Minister to update the Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 to include an ‘Access to Banks’ provision to prevent the most vulnerable from being left behind, and ensure that
Scottish Liberal Democrats have called for huge fan parks to be set up across the country so fans can gather to watch Scotland’s World Cup games and for pubs to get special dispensation to show their matches.
Responding to Cabinet Secretary Mairi McAllan’s decision to drop her government’s long overdue heat in buildings legislation, outlined in their Heat in Buildings Strategy, which was published on 7th October 2021, Willie Rennie MSP said:
Responding to the news that ExxonMobil is to close its Mossmorran plastics plant in Scotland, which could affect up to 180 ExxonMobil staff, 200 contractors, and around 50 other workers, North East Fife MSP Willie Rennie said:
Scottish Liberal Democrat justice spokesperson Liam McArthur has today warned that the Scottish prison crisis is far from over as new figures revealed that the average daily prison population increased 4.5% last year.
Responding to new official Scottish Government statistics showing people's satisfaction with schools is at an all-time low, Scottish Liberal Democrat education spokesperson Willie Rennie MSP said:
Scrapping the Protocol would represent a new low. It would be an egregious breach of international law.
The anticipated Somerton and Frome election will be a close two horse race between the Lib Dems and the Conservatives.
Liberal Democrats want a way forward which works for Britain - that cuts down red tape, reduces costs for businesses and makes people better off as a result.
The Liberal Democrats have today published a comprehensive blueprint for replacing the broken business rates system.