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All the latest news from the Highland Liberal Democrats.

Threat from ticks
Angus MacDonald

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.

AMD
4 Jul 2023
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Angus MacDonald

Corran Ferry, electric proposal

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.

AMD
4 Jul 2023
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Angus MacDonald

A Rum deal

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?

AMD
4 Jul 2023
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Scottish News

Willie Rennie MSP

Rennie responds to poverty statistics

Responding to new statistics which show that between 2018 and 2022 10% of people in Scotland, including 14% of children, were in persistent poverty after housing costs, with children living in relative poverty increasing to 260,000 in 2022-23, Scottish Li

21 Mar 2024
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Wendy Chamberlain

WASPI: Govt must give compensation

Responding to the report released today by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman, that recommended that the government should compensate women affected, Liberal Democrat Chief Whip Wendy Chamberlain MP said:

21 Mar 2024
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Liam McArthur MSP

McArthur sets out response to embargoed climate report

Speaking ahead of the publication of the Climate Change Committee's embargoed report Progress in Reducing Emissions in Scotland 2023, which notes that there is now no credible route to Scotland reducing its emissions by 75% by 2030, that there is no compr

20 Mar 2024
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UK News

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