All the latest news from the Highland Liberal Democrats.
The public is being urged to back a campaign launched this week by the Highland Liberal Democrats to break up Highland Council - the largest local authority in Scotland.
The Scottish Government is being urged to “increase investment in mental health services” after new statistics show over 1500 patients were admitted via an Emergency Department across NHS Highland with a self-harm diagnosis in the last five years.
At a meeting with the Scottish Government’s Public Health Minister Jenni Minto MSP at Wick General Hospital, campaigners warned that mums-to-be in Caithness “need action, not warm words” concerning local maternity services.
Almost 60,000 people have waited more than four hours in A&E since the last time the Scottish Government's target was hit over four years ago, figures have revealed, prompting Scottish Liberal Democrat demands for action.
The Highland Liberal Democrats are calling for the introduction of a new restitution order for fly-tipping offences which would enable courts to mandate offenders to financially contribute to cleaning up the mess caused by their crimes.
The Highland Liberal Democrats are urging the Transport Secretary, Fiona Hyslop MSP, to scrap controversial plans to impose a 50mph speed limit on main roads across the Highlands.
Scottish Liberal Democrat MSP for the South of Scotland Duncan Dunlop has written to the SNP government and urged them to commit to publishing the premature death rates of all care-experienced young people.
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has today used a visit to Aberdeen to campaign alongside by-election candidate Mel Sullivan to set out his party’s plans for a new “essential energy” discount to cut average family bills by £100 immediat
Scottish Liberal Democrats have today used a debate on public service reform to highlight several failed examples of SNP centralisation, as they called on the Scottish Government to ensure future reform puts power “closer to communities, not further away
Speaking in Parliament, Wendy Chamberlain, MP for North East Fife, raised the treatment of World Cup fans by FIFA and called on the government to implement the Liberal Democrat International Fans Charter to safeguard football fans.
At First Minister’s Questions, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP criticised the SNP government for presiding over a crisis in teacher recruitment and training, as he published new figures showing over 500 teaching posts had to be rea
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