All the latest news from the Highland Liberal Democrats.
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.
Far North Liberal Democrats Jamie Stone and David Green have written to the Secretary of State for Transport to raise concerns regarding the backlog of practical driving tests in the Highlands.
The Scottish Government and NHS Highland are being urged to set out a timetable for collating the information required for Scottish Ministers to make a decision in response to calls for an independent review of maternity services in Caithness.
The Liberal Democrat candidate for the Far North, David Green, says it “stinks” that the Scottish Government has no plans monitor 100% of overflows despite sewage concerns raised by Caithness campaigners.
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.
Orkney and Shetland MP Alistair Carmichael has today led a debate in Parliament on changes to the remuneration of coastguard volunteers in which he called for the changes to be paused and demanded that any changes respect the contribution and service give
Scottish Liberal Democrat climate, energy and environment spokesperson Sanne Dijkstra-Downie has today revealed emails showing that the SNP Government are set to break its commitment to replace outdated and broken sewage guidance before time consuming leg
Responding to the publication of University of Dundee’s long-awaited financial statements for 2023-24, North East Fife MSP Willie Rennie said:
Responding to the news that the number of hate crime charges in Scotland has reached a record high, with at least one element of hate crime recorded in 7,115 charges in 2025-26, Scottish Liberal Democrat justice spokesperson Yi-pei Chou Turvey MSP said:
Speaking after Shetland Islands Council backed plans to connect islands with £1.5bn undersea tunnels, Orkney & Shetland MP Alistair Carmichael said:
Scottish Liberal Democrat housing spokesperson Morven-May MacCallum MSP has today encouraged the Scottish Government to increase the number of homes being built as new figures revealed a sluggish industry with both completions and starts falling from last
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