All the latest news from the Highland Liberal Democrats.
The Scottish Government has today agreed to back a Scottish Liberal Democrat amendment in Holyrood calling for an independent review of maternity services in Caithness.
Almost 40,000 days of staff time for nurses and midwives have been lost across NHS Highland over the last five years due to a growing mental health crisis, the Highland Liberal Democrats have said.
The Scottish Government is being urged to urgently step in to find a replacement for lifeline services from Wick airport in response to Eastern Airways facing administration.
Angus MacDonald, MP for Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire, and Kate Forbes, MSP for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, are co-hosting a conference on adult social care in Fort William on Friday 24th October.
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is being urged to reconsider and broaden its current ‘Access to Cash’ policy to include an ‘Access to Banks’ provision following the recent mass closure of local bank branches across the UK.
The Highland Liberal Democrats have called for a new law to strengthen rural communities, accusing the SNP government of “a broken relationship with rural Scotland” that has left many rural areas forgotten and left behind.
Scottish Liberal Democrat MSP for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch Andrew Baxter has today made his first speech in the Scottish Parliament, in which he paid tribute to the “resilient” communities of his constituency.
Scottish Liberal Democrat MSP for the Highlands and Islands Morvern May-MacCallum has today made her first speech in the Scottish Parliament in which he she spoke of her experience with Lyme disease.
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has today written to the Chief Executive of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, Virginia McVea, to demand a meeting over cuts to Coastguard volunteer remuneration.
The Scottish Government has been urged to embrace calls for the creation of a new dedicated committee to scrutinise its progress on dualling the A9 at the Scottish Parliament.
Scottish Liberal Democrat MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden Adam Harley has used his maiden speech in the Scottish Parliament to highlight the importance of providing young people with opportunities.
Responding to Peter Murrell's hearing today and confirmation that the majority of items bought with stolen funds have not been located, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton said:
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