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.
As the Scottish bathing water season comes to an end, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has today called on the SNP Government to get serious about the impact of sewage dumping in Scotland.
Ahead of a final vote on the Victims, Witnesses and Justice Bill, Scottish Liberal Democrat Jamie Greene MSP has called on the Scottish Government and all parties in parliament to support his proposals to strengthen the rights of victims of crime.
Scottish Liberal Democrat economy spokesperson Jamie Greene MSP has today highlighted new figures showing that Scotland is not keeping pace with the rest of the UK in investment in research and development.
Scottish Liberal Democrat economy spokesperson and West of Scotland MSP Jamie Greene has today attacked SNP mishandling of rural and coastal communities as he revealed that almost 4,000 agricultural, forestry and fishing business have closed since the las
Scottish Liberal Democrat economy spokesperson Jamie Greene MSP has today accused the SNP government of “permanent evasion” after they could not say whether there are still plans for a new billet plant at Sanjeev Gupta’s Lochaber smelter.
Speaking during First Minister’s Questions, Scottish Liberal Democrat Jamie Greene MSP challenged John Swinney over “a growing trend of reward for failure” in settlement agreements for senior public executives.
Today, Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords are using a rare Parliamentary procedure called a ‘Fatal Motion’ to try to block the new Voter ID regulations.
Campaigning for fair votes has been part of the Liberal Democrat mission ever since we were founded. Last night, Ed Davey made a speech at the IPPR think tank about why it’s time has come - and how to make it happen.
Today is Carers Rights Day - a chance for us to keep beating the drum for unpaid carers and raising awareness about their rights.
The sheer quantity of raw sewage being dumped into Britain’s rivers and coastal areas is a scandal and a disgrace.
Thanks to the Conservatives’ disastrous mini-budget, we are facing a mortgage crisis.
Today, Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords have strongly opposed the Government’s draconian Public Order Bill.