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Angus MacDonald

Letter On The A82

I am certain that the A82 is far more dangerous and frightening than the A9.

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by Angus MacDonald

22 Aug 2023

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Give power to the people

I have been a Highland Councillor for eight months now and am really enjoying it, learning about issues at schools, roads, the local economy and care sector, amongst many other subjects.

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by Angus MacDonald

4 Jul 2023

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Angus MacDonald

Care Home Crisis

The care sector, especially in the Highlands, is in crisis. It's facing the same combination of extreme cost increases as hospitality, however its situation is far worse.

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by Angus MacDonald

4 Jul 2023

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What more difficult business area can there be in Scotland right now than hospitality in the Highlands?

There is barely a café, pub or hotel that is not desperately seeking staff across the Highlands this summer. And we all have horror stories of new employees not turning up for their first day at work, or being seduced by a higher pay offer elsewhere.

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by Angus MacDonald

4 Jul 2023

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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.

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by Angus MacDonald

4 Jul 2023

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Kinloch Castle buyer driven off

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.

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by Angus MacDonald

4 Jul 2023

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More than 3,000 complaints about maternity care since 2020

Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has called for ministers to urgently set out when they will conduct a national investigation into maternity services in Scotland, as he revealed there have been more than 3,000 complaints about mater

27 Feb 2026

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Cole-Hamilton responds to Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh warning

Responding to the embargoed comments from the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said:

27 Feb 2026

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McArthur welcomes confirmation of date for final vote as Wales and Jersey back assisted dying

Liam McArthur MSP has today welcomed confirmation from the Scottish Parliament’s business bureau that consideration of amendments on his Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Scots bill will take place from Tuesday 10th March, with a final vote on the bill an

26 Feb 2026

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Lib Dems are best for farmers, Carmichael to tell Big Farm Debate

Speaking ahead of The Big Farm Debate in Ayr, Scottish Liberal Democrat MP and Chair of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee, Alistair Carmichael has said that his party will treat food security as a matter of national security and set

26 Feb 2026

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Rennie writes to Minto for maternity investigation clarity

Scottish Liberal Democrat Willie Rennie MSP has written to the Scottish Government Minister for Women’s Health, Jenni Minto, over concerns that the government may be reneging on their promise to conduct an independent, national investigation into maternit

26 Feb 2026

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McArthur warns of government’s confusion over drugs in prisons

Speaking ahead of a Scottish Parliament debate on drugs misuse in prisons, Scottish Liberal Democrat justice spokesperson Liam McArthur MSP has today warned that the government is in a state of confusion as he revealed that the Scottish Prison Service has

26 Feb 2026

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