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 transport spokesperson Daniel O’Malley has today called on the SNP-Green Government to make public transport more affordable and accessible, after new figures revealed that there has been a 10% drop in the number of people satisf
Speaking ahead of the forthcoming Scottish Parliament vote on the Scottish Government’s social care plans, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has described the plans as "outrageously expensive and completely unworkable" and called for the
Responding to new statistics showing that Scotland’s GDP fell by 0.6% between October and December 2023, shrinking twice as fast as the fall recorded for the UK as a whole, Scottish Liberal Democrat economy spokesperson Willie Rennie MSP said:
Responding to the publication of the Healthcare Improvement Scotland’s report on neonatal mortality, which indicated that more comprehensive reviews of neonatal deaths were needed, following a spike in baby deaths in September 2021 and March 2022, Scottis
Commenting on the Scottish Budget as it was debated at Stage 3 in Parliament this afternoon, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said:
Scottish Liberal Democrat education spokesperson Willie Rennie has today said that ministers and education bosses are not making a dent in bringing down the attainment gap for those leaving school.
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.
