All the latest news from the Highland and Scottish Liberal Democrats, Jamie Stone MP and Highlands Westminster Candidate, Angus MacDonald.
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.
Scottish Liberal Democrat Alex Cole-Hamilton has today said that the future for young people’s mental healthcare is grim, after new figures revealed that the referral to treatment target for child and adolescent mental health services was missed yet again
Responding to new Public Health Scotland figures which show 1,860 people were stuck in hospital due to their discharge being delayed, with 57,860 days being spent in hospital by people waiting to be discharged, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-H
Responding to new figures showing only 65.5% of people attending A&E were seen within the 4 hour target in January, the worst since December 2022, while 8,857 people waited over 12 hours, the worst on record, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader and health sp
Responding to the publication of the Scottish Local Government Finance Statistics showing total council debt rising to a record £21.8 billion, an increase of £1.25bn in just a year, Scottish Liberal Democrat economy spokesperson Willie Rennie commented:
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today questioned the effectiveness of the SNP government’s approach to the dangerous building material RAAC as he revealed that the Scottish Government have cancelled meetings with him to discuss
Ahead of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI)’s 200 year anniversary on 4 March 2024, Shetland MSP and Scottish Liberal Democrat Beatrice Wishart has lodged a motion in the Scottish Parliament highlighting the importance of the organisation to S
Richard Foord has pulled off a spectacular victory.
Our carers deserve so much better than this. They deserve to be supported, not penalised. That’s why Liberal Democrats are campaigning to increase the Carer’s Allowance by £1000 each year.
Her service; her sense of selflessness; her steadfast commitment to the nation. These values and her service have defined Her Majesty’s seven decade reign, and will continue to define her.
Richard is an incredible candidate, whose dedication to others has shone not only through his career, but also in his voluntary roles in the community.
Scrapping the Protocol would represent a new low. It would be an egregious breach of international law.
The anticipated Somerton and Frome election will be a close two horse race between the Lib Dems and the Conservatives.
