All the latest news from the Highland Liberal Democrats.
Scottish Liberal Democrat politicians from across the Highlands have come together to urge the Bank of Scotland to think again following the bank’s decision to close branches in Dingwall, Gairloch, Nairn, and Tain next year.
A petition has been launched to save the under-threat Tain Royal Academy Community Complex (TRACC) facilities that serve the Tain and Easter Ross community.
Opposition to Tain losing its only swimming pool is growing as the SNP-led administration at Highland Council is urged to “go back to the drawing board” or risk letting down a generation of young people in the Easter Ross community.
A young patient in the Highlands was forced to wait 1,189 days - more than three years - before they started mental health treatment in the last year, it has been revealed amidst calls for new specialist beds for young people across the North.
The Highland Liberal Democrats have launched a wide-ranging survey on health services across the Highlands and are encouraging the public to participate and “make your voice count.”
Former Great Britain Judo Champion and Commonwealth Games medalist, Connie Ramsay, says she will “take the fight to the Highland Council” following her selection as the Highland Liberal Democrat candidate in the Tain and Easter Ross by-election.
With almost a week to go before all RTS meters are permanently switched off, Scottish Liberal Democrat rural affairs spokesperson Andrew Baxter MSP has today (Sunday 21st June) said that it “now looks inevitable” some households will be left without heati
As the Royal Highland Show gets underway, Scottish Liberal Democrat rural affairs spokesperson Andrew Baxter has today (Saturday 20th June) outlined how his party would “turn things around for farmers” and support them during a time of global instability.
At First Minister’s Questions, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP challenged John Swinney over the SNP’s miserable progress in tackling dangerous cladding.
Responding to the SNP government’s launch of its new NHS app, Scottish Liberal Democrat health spokesperson Adam Harley MSP said:
Responding to a new social attitudes survey which shows that more people in Scotland are likely to be dissatisfied than satisfied with the way the NHS runs, with 60% of respondents reporting that the standard of the health service had fallen, Scottish Lib
Responding to a new report by the Royal College of Nursing that states people with learning disabilities are often being denied their human right of fair access to health and care, as NHS data shows that the number of learning disability nurses has fallen
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