All the latest news from the Highland Liberal Democrats.
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.
Opposition to Tain losing its only swimming pool is growing as the SNP-led administration at Highland Council is urged to “go back to the drawing board” or risk letting down a generation of young people in the Easter Ross community.
A young patient in the Highlands was forced to wait 1,189 days - more than three years - before they started mental health treatment in the last year, it has been revealed amidst calls for new specialist beds for young people across the North.
The Highland Liberal Democrats have launched a wide-ranging survey on health services across the Highlands and are encouraging the public to participate and “make your voice count.”
Former Great Britain Judo Champion and Commonwealth Games medalist, Connie Ramsay, says she will “take the fight to the Highland Council” following her selection as the Highland Liberal Democrat candidate in the Tain and Easter Ross by-election.
Responding to new figures showing the second worst week at A&E on record in the week ending the 11th January, with only 59.2% of people attending A&E seen within the 4 hour target, while 4,874 (19%) people waited over 8 hours and 2,727 (10.6%) waited over
Jamie Greene MSP has today written to Reform’s Scottish leader Malcolm Offord, asking him to answer a series of basic questions: should the NHS be privatised, should Scotland be independent and whether he is prepared to call out racism and antisemitism fo
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today said that staff and patients deserve better, as he revealed that the number of people waiting longer than 12 hours in A&E has soared by more than 7000% compared to a decade ago.
Scottish Liberal Democrat economy spokesperson Jamie Greene MSP has called on the SNP government to urgently boost support for small businesses as he revealed significant drops in the number of small or medium sized enterprises (SMEs) across Scotland.
Responding to the news that Lord Malcolm Offord has been selected as Reform’s leader in Scotland, Jamie Greene MSP said:
Responding to a Reform staffer grabbing ITV journalist Peter Smith during an on-camera interview, Scottish Liberal Democrat Jamie Greene MSP said:
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