All the latest news from the Highland Liberal Democrats.
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.
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.
Liberal Democrat Scottish Affairs spokesperson Susan Murray has today commented on the publication of UK Covid-19 Inquiry – Module 5, which covers issues relating to the procurement of PPE and highlights a number of issues with Scottish Government prep wo
Responding to the news that residents at the Bonnington Bond flats on Breadalbane Street in Edinburgh have been urged to leave their homes due to a ‘high fire risk’ arising from the building’s cladding and insulation, Scottish Liberal Democrat MSP for Edi
Scottish Liberal Democrat health spokesperson Adam Harley MSP has urged the SNP government to listen to his party’s calls to roll out a lung cancer screening programme as new figures revealed that this kind of cancer remains the most fatal in Scotland.
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today warned that efforts to tackle youth knife possession are failing to make progress as he revealed that the police have recorded almost 700 crimes of possessing an article with a blade or poi
As he marked six years since the SNP government last met its key four-hour A&E waiting times target, Scottish Liberal Democrat health spokesperson Adam Harley MSP has revealed that the target has been missed for a colossal 2.4 million people.
Responding to the news that the Scottish Government scrapped its tax advisory group in February, Scottish Liberal Democrat economy spokesperson Liam McArthur MSP said:
Tomorrow, my bill to ban conversion therapy will be debated in the House of Lords.
Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey has unveiled a new ‘Tory Removal Service’ campaign poster, as he announces a new plan to force a General Election and stop Rishi Sunak clinging on to power.
Ed Davey rings in election year with powerful call to “transform the nature of British politics for good”
Ed Davey's Christmas Message 2023
We need politicians who genuinely care – ready to put in the graft and capable of taking the political initiative. No-one can possibly still believe the UK’s Conservatives are up to this. I am completely convinced the Liberal Democrats are.
As the warmth and glow of the candles grow each evening, I hope it may serve as a reminder that even in the darkness, there is hope. Hope for a brighter tomorrow.