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 communities spokesperson Willie Rennie MSP has today revealed the “dire state” of Scotland’s roads after research by his party found that motorists have lodged over 7,000 pothole claims since 2022, with one council claiming it co
Commenting on reports that the Scottish Government is to but back on public sector advertising, economy spokesperson Willie Rennie said:
Responding to the publication of the Scottish Government’s national action plan on relationships and behaviour in schools 2024-2027 published today, which identifies a decline in children’s behaviour since 2016, a rise in misogynistic views and problemati
Responding to a report for Aberdeen council which has found that demolishing and rebuilding more than 500 properties in the city affected by potentially dangerous concrete is the best option, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton said:
Responding to the Scottish Government’s publication of new guidance that allows headteachers to introduce a mobile phone ban in schools, Scottish Liberal Democrat education spokesperson Willie Rennie MSP said:
Responding to Finance Secretary Shona Robison’s comments on BBC Radio Scotland, where she said that the Scottish Government would “have to take some very difficult decisions” about public finances, and warned of recruitment freezes and voluntary redundanc
The Liberal Democrats have today published a comprehensive blueprint for replacing the broken business rates system.
