All the latest news from the Highland Liberal Democrats.
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.
Liberal Democrat Scottish Affairs Spokesperson Susan Murray MP has today pressed the Chief Executive of STV over the impact of the organisation's cost-saving plans which will close STV North and cut 60 jobs.
Responding to a new report on drugs which shows the number of drug-related hospital admissions was 10% higher between April and June 2025 than the previous quarter, while suspected drug deaths increased by 12% between June and August 2025 compared to 2024
Responding to the Scottish Government’s announcement that they will allocate more money to GP surgeries over the next three years, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader and health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said:
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader and health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today said the SNP are disastrous for your health after figures showed that 865,432 are on NHS waiting lists.
Scottish Liberal Democrat MP for Inverness Angus MacDonald has today said the crisis in social care is spiralling under the SNP after new figures revealed almost one in five care homes for adults has closed over the past decade.
Commenting on reports that the UK Government plans to house up to 300 migrants in the Cameron barracks in Inverness, Angus MacDonald, MP for Inverness, Skye & West Ross-shire, said:
Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey is demanding the Chancellor cancels plans to hike the average household energy bill by £500 in April, and cuts people’s bills instead.
Liberal Democrats continue to be proud to stand shoulder to shoulder against tyranny, and we will stand with Ukraine until they are victorious.
Regulations covering workers rights, parental leave, child safety and more could be scrapped by this Conservative Government.
Each year, thousands step up to support a child who is unable to live with their birth parents.
A typical family has been left almost £1,200 poorer in the 100 days since Rishi Sunak became Prime Minister
The Government has caved into the Liberal Democrat campaign to end sewage discharges into rivers.