All the latest news from the Highland and Scottish Liberal Democrats, Angus MacDonald MP and Jamie Stone MP
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.
North East Fife MP Wendy Chamberlain has today called on the government to bring forward plans for safe and legal routes for asylum seekers to come to the UK in order to combat people-trafficking. It comes after she this week joined an open letter
Scottish Liberal Democrat analysis of figures from the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency has today highlighted thousands of occasions in which the volume of sewage overflowing into Scottish waterways was not logged.
Responding to MPs recommending that Margaret Ferrier should be suspended from Parliament for 30 days for her breach of Covid regulations, Liberal Democrat Scottish Affairs spokesperson Christine Jardine MP said:
Responding to the news that the ferry serving Mallaig, Oban and Lochboisdale in South Uist will be cancelled for five weeks, from 5th April to 13th May, Scottish Liberal Democrat economy spokesperson Willie Rennie MSP said:
Commenting on the appointment of Cabinet Secretaries, and the dropping of local government and housing from senior titles, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said:
Scottish Liberal Democrat economy spokesperson Willie Rennie has today pressed minister Richard Lochhead to admit that a key programme to deliver Superfast broadband will not be delivered until at least seven years late.
Her service; her sense of selflessness; her steadfast commitment to the nation. These values and her service have defined Her Majesty’s seven decade reign, and will continue to define her.
Richard is an incredible candidate, whose dedication to others has shone not only through his career, but also in his voluntary roles in the community.
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.
