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.
Shetland MSP and Scottish Liberal Democrat, Beatrice Wishart, has called on the Scottish Government to extend its Northern Isles Ferry Services 4 (NIFS4) contract consultation beyond Monday 13th October due to internet disruption experienced in Shetland.
New analysis of sewage dumping sites located within protected shellfish waters revealed that they suffered 3,785 sewage dumps in the last 2 years.
Responding to John Swinney’s interviews on the BBC this morning, Scottish Liberal Democrat Willie Rennie MSP said:
Scottish Liberal Democrat lead parliamentary candidate for the North East region Yi Pei Chou-Turvey today (Saturday 11th October) said that the SNP should finally set a deadline for dualling the A96, after years of broken promises and delays.
Responding to the news that EIS members are voting on strike action, with union leaders describing teachers' workloads as “crippling”, Scottish Liberal Democrat education spokesperson Willie Rennie MSP said:
Responding to the news that that junior doctors will be balloted over strike action, Scottish Liberal Democrat health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said:
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.