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.
At the Scottish Liberal Democrat conference in Hamilton today, party members passed a motion calling for a fair deal for Scottish sport, which would see sports and mental health budgets protected, increased options to save facilities from closure and enha
On Sunday, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP will use his speech at his party’s conference to call for new higher minimum wage for all care workers across the UK, relieving pressure on our hospitals.
Good afternoon Conference! It is such a pleasure to be with you today here in Hamilton. I caught the sleeper train up here – never the best night’s sleep, but I imagine I had a better one than anyone in the SNP has recently!
Leader of the Liberal Democrats Ed Davey has called for more support for people suffering from mental ill-health on a visit to the Milngavie and Bearsden Men’s Shed.
As the Scottish Liberal Democrat conference gets underway in Hamilton this weekend, Liam McArthur MSP will host a Q&A session on assisted dying, following the introduction of his Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill in the Scottish Par
Speaking in the Scottish Parliament this afternoon during First Minister’s Questions, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said:
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.
