All the latest news from the Highland Liberal Democrats.
The Highland Liberal Democrats have called for a new law to strengthen rural communities, accusing the SNP government of “a broken relationship with rural Scotland” that has left many rural areas forgotten and left behind.
Far North Liberal Democrats Jamie Stone and David Green have written to the Secretary of State for Transport to raise concerns regarding the backlog of practical driving tests in the Highlands.
The Scottish Government and NHS Highland are being urged to set out a timetable for collating the information required for Scottish Ministers to make a decision in response to calls for an independent review of maternity services in Caithness.
The Liberal Democrat candidate for the Far North, David Green, says it “stinks” that the Scottish Government has no plans monitor 100% of overflows despite sewage concerns raised by Caithness campaigners.
Scottish Liberal Democrat politicians from across the Highlands have come together to urge the Bank of Scotland to think again following the bank’s decision to close branches in Dingwall, Gairloch, Nairn, and Tain next year.
A petition has been launched to save the under-threat Tain Royal Academy Community Complex (TRACC) facilities that serve the Tain and Easter Ross community.
Responding to figures which reveal that, in the last 12 months, operations activity remains 10.4% lower than pre-pandemic levels, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said:
Responding to new figures showing only 62.7% of people attending A&E were seen within the 4 hour target in the week ending 4th January 2026, while 3,385 people waited over 8 hours and 1,650 waited over 12 hours, Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said:
Speaking ahead of the Scottish Budget, Scottish Liberal Democrat economy and finance spokesperson Jamie Greene MSP said:
Scottish Liberal Democrat economy spokesperson Jamie Greene MSP has today challenged the SNP government to boost support for small business as he revealed that while more than 99% of businesses are small or medium sized enterprises, more than half of gove
Scottish Liberal Democrat economy spokesperson Jamie Greene MSP has today said that the SNP government should immediately rethink their revaluation of non-domestic business rates, following changes in how rates are calculated for pubs in England.
At today’s session of First Minister’s Questions, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP raised the case of a woman from the Far North who has been stuck in hospital for over 400 days because a shortage of carers means she cannot return h
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