All the latest news from the Highland and Scottish Liberal Democrats, Angus MacDonald MP and Jamie Stone MP
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.
Responding to the embargoed release from the Federation of Small Businesses that Scotland’s small business confidence fell again in the final quarter of 2022, with it now sitting at -50 points, lower than the equivalent UK-wide confidence figure of -45.8 points, Scottish Liberal Democrat economy spokesperson Willie Rennie MSP said:
North East Fife MSP Willie Rennie has accused the Scottish Government of ‘staggering complacency’ on home insulation after its fuel poverty scheme helped fewer households last year than when it was first set up.
Speaking ahead of Burns Night celebrations, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has called on the Scottish Government to ditch its plans for separation and focus on resolving the crises which are escalating across five areas: NHS, cost of living, education, climate change and local government.
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader and health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today called on the government to tackle dental health inequalities as new figures showed those from the most deprived backgrounds are now more likely than ever to lose out on NHS dental care compared to those from the least deprived backgrounds.
Responding to new figures showing that last week only 64% of patients in Scotland's A&E departments were seen within the four-hour target time, Scottish Liberal Democrat health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton criticised the SNP-Green government for taking staff and patients for granted.
Speaking on International Day of Education, Scottish Liberal Democrat education spokesperson Willie Rennie MSP has today called on the government to take urgent action to support Scotland’s education sector and tackle "pressure cooker classrooms" as he revealed that 310,739 working days among school and nursery staff had been lost to mental health in just eighteen months.
The Liberal Democrats have today published a comprehensive blueprint for replacing the broken business rates system.
