All the latest news from the Highland and Scottish Liberal Democrats, Angus MacDonald MP and Jamie Stone MP
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.
Commenting on the news that MP Margaret Ferrier has lost her seat in a recall petition, triggering a by-election in Rutherglen and Hamilton West, Scottish Liberal Democrat Willie Rennie MSP said:
Following new figures that show police officer numbers at some of their lowest levels since 2008, Scottish Liberal Democrat justice spokesperson Liam McArthur MSP has today urged the SNP/Green Government to invest in policing and reverse the decline.
Responding to Public Health Scotland figures published today which show that the number of planned operations were lower than pre-pandemic levels, with 9.3% fewer operations planned in June 2023 than were planned in June 2019, Scottish Liberal Democrat le
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader and health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today appealed to the Health Secretary to finally take action on the crisis in social care as new Public Health Scotland figures show there are still more than 1,700 peopl
Scottish Liberal Democrat justice spokesperson Liam McArthur MSP has today called for support for prison staff as he revealed that more than 1,500 prisoner on prisoner assaults and 265 assaults on staff took place last year.
Scottish Liberal Democrats have today piled pressure on the Scottish Government to address the GP crisis as they revealed that currently vacant GP posts in NHS Fife, Lothian, Highland, Tayside and Grampian have had to be readvertised or left empty for yea
Scrapping the Protocol would represent a new low. It would be an egregious breach of international law.
The anticipated Somerton and Frome election will be a close two horse race between the Lib Dems and the Conservatives.
Liberal Democrats want a way forward which works for Britain - that cuts down red tape, reduces costs for businesses and makes people better off as a result.
The Liberal Democrats have today published a comprehensive blueprint for replacing the broken business rates system.
