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 report in The Times that the SNP Government will return £450m of funding to the EU because it has failed to spend it, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton said:
Following the report into the deaths of Lamara Bell and John Yuill on the M9 in 2015, Scottish Liberal Democrat Willie Rennie MSP has today written to the Justice Secretary to ask whether the Scottish Government will accept responsibility for its part in
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has today visited the Corstorphine Fair to highlight that his party will deliver a fair deal for local communities across the length and breadth of Scotland.
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has today committed to keeping the pensions triple lock during a visit to a community club for older people in Edinburgh.
Responding to the report into the deaths of Lamara Bell and John Yuill on the M9 in 2015, Scottish Liberal Democrat MSP Willie Rennie, who was warning about the dangers posed by Police Scotland in the run-up to the failure to respond, said:
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton today outlined how the party will fix our broken politics, as he unveiled its plan for cleaning up the sleaze and scandal created by both the SNP and Conservatives.
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.
