All the latest news from the Highland Liberal Democrats.
The healthcare sector in the Highlands is suffering from inflationary pressures, especially in medicines and staff costs, an ageing population and a lack of younger healthcare professionals in more rural areas.
I am certain that the A82 is far more dangerous and frightening than the A9.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Scottish Liberal Democrat MSP for the Highlands and Islands Morven-May MacCallum has pressed the SNP government for answers on whether they will extend ferry compensation to coastal communities.
Scottish Liberal Democrat education spokesperson Duncan Dunlop has today (Thursday 9th July) criticised the SNP’s botched handling of teacher planning, as he revealed the government is training hundreds more primary school teachers than are needed.
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has said that “for the first time we have the upper hand” in the fight to protect remuneration for coastguard volunteers, after leading an Urgent Question on the issue in Parliament this afternoon.
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has today secured an Urgent Question asking the Secretary of State for Transport if she will make a statement on the management of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency and proposed changes to payments made to Coa
Responding to Malcolm Offord’s appearance on BBC Radio Scotland this morning, in which he said that Nigel Farage was the victim of an “establishment stitch-up”, Scottish Liberal Democrat Willie Rennie MSP said:
Scottish Liberal Democrat environment spokesperson Sanne Dijkstra-Downie MSP has today (Wednesday 8th July) called for SEPA to monitor pollution in Scotland's 90 bathing waters year-round, following a spate of recent beach closures due to pollution.
Families who remortgaged in 2023 are facing a mortgage bombshell of almost £9bn this year, with commuter belt areas in the Blue Wall hardest hit, new analysis commissioned by the Liberal Democrats has revealed.
For the first time since 1996 the Liberal Democrats won more seats than the Conservatives in the Local Elections.
Ten years ago today, the UK’s first same-sex marriages took place.
Liberal Democrat Leader rallies his party ahead of this year's General Election.
Let's focus on what truly works: tackling the backlog, creating safe routes, and upholding our commitment to human rights. As Liberal Democrats, we will continue to fight for a fairer and more compassionate asylum system.
Navalny cast a light on the corruption of Putin and his cronies. His tragic death, at the hands of Putin, cannot and will not stifle the democratic ideals that he fought for. Together, let us be a voice that speaks for those who have been silenced.