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, 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.
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
Responding to the Education Secretary’s interview with the The Sunday Times in which Jenny Gilruth promises new guidance on the exclusion of pupils, Scottish Liberal Democrat education spokesperson Willie Rennie MSP said:
Scottish Liberal Democrat deputy leader and former police office Wendy Chamberlain MP has today unveiled new analysis showing that women are underrepresented in many areas of Police Scotland and warned that lack of proper funding could reverse progress in
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today called for the SNP-Green Government to put the issue of dangerous concrete in Scottish buildings at the top of the agenda next week, after it emerged that residents from around 500 homes in
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.