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.
The First Minister John Swinney has been invited to travel the distance between Caithness and Inverness to experience for himself the distance that patients have to travel for vital healthcare.
Scottish Liberal Democrat education spokesperson Willie Rennie MSP has today said that it could take the SNP 113 years to close the attainment gap following new statistics which revealed how little progress the government has made in improving outcomes fo
Scottish Liberal Democrat Willie Rennie MSP has said the SNP Government have let down at-risk communities after it was announced that less than half of flood defence schemes due by 2021 have been completed.
Responding to the news that for the third year in a row the number of places on nursing courses has not been filled, with the Royal College of Nursing warning that Scotland does not have the number of nurses it needs to meet health and social care demands
Responding to Scottish Water's announcement that it has installed 1,000 event duration monitors at sewage overflows, with plans for a further 700 by the end of next year, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has highlighted that these insta
After months of issuing threats to councils that the government would punish them by withholding £145million if they didn’t protect teacher numbers, the Education Secretary has instead released all the funds even though teacher numbers are down by 621.
Sarah Dyke smashes the Conservatives with the best result of the night in Somerton and Frome
Today is Windrush Day - where we acknowledge the outstanding economic, social, and cultural contribution the Windrush generation have made to the United Kingdom.
By-election candidate vows to “fight tirelessly for our local health services”, demanding more GPs and funding for Bedfordshire. Liberal Democrats become bookies favourite to win the by-election after flying start to the campaign.
The Conservatives have dropped the new law to crack down on puppy smuggling.
The Lib Dem Bill will give an estimated 2.4 million carers across the UK a statutory right to take five days of unpaid leave per year, helping carers to better balance work and care.
I will keep fighting for the rights of the entire LGBT+ community, until true equality is achieved.
