Threat from ticks
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.
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.
Responding to Humza Yousaf's energy speech, Scottish Liberal Democrat climate emergency spokesperson Liam McArthur MSP said:
Responding to the news that at least a dozen NHS construction projects across Scotland have been delayed or paused for up to two years as a result of budget pressures, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton said:
Nearly half the money that GEOAmey paid to the Scottish Government in fines over its failure to transport prisoners, was handed straight back as ‘support’ to the company in a renegotiated contract, the Scottish Lib Dems can reveal.
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today warned that NHS delays are causing a “mental health typhoon” and called for the Scottish Government to improve access to GPs and local health professionals ahead of his party leading a deba
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today accused Humza Yousaf’s government of “secrecy and silence” after the First Minister blocked a ministerial code investigation into the absence of minutes for Gold Command meetings, which wer
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has today marked the death of Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny by calling on the UK government to widen sanctions against those on the “Navalny list” and for the Scottish Government to delive
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.