All the latest news from the Highland and Scottish Liberal Democrats, Angus MacDonald MP and Jamie Stone MP
Renewables have long been hailed as the saviour of the Highland economy, with one SNP Minister declaring that Scotland would become the Saudi Arabia of renewables.
The healthcare sector in the Highlands is suffering from inflationary pressures, especially in medicines and staff costs, an ageing population and a lack of younger healthcare professionals in more rural areas.
I am certain that the A82 is far more dangerous and frightening than the A9.
I have been a Highland Councillor for eight months now and am really enjoying it, learning about issues at schools, roads, the local economy and care sector, amongst many other subjects.
The care sector, especially in the Highlands, is in crisis. It's facing the same combination of extreme cost increases as hospitality, however its situation is far worse.
There is barely a café, pub or hotel that is not desperately seeking staff across the Highlands this summer. And we all have horror stories of new employees not turning up for their first day at work, or being seduced by a higher pay offer elsewhere.
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has urged the Scottish Government to increase efforts to tackle antisocial driving as he revealed Scotland’s worst speeding offences.
Responding to the UK Government announcing that there will be no compensation for WASPI women, Liberal Democrat Scottish affairs spokesperson Christine Jardine MP said:
Responding to a new report from the Auditor General which warns that the future of Ferguson Marine’s Port Glasgow shipyard remains uncertain, Scottish Liberal Democrat economy spokesperson Willie Rennie MSP said:
Scottish Liberal Democrats have today accused the SNP of “a massive failure” to tackle Scotland’s housing crisis after new statistics revealed that the number of homes lying empty for more than twelve months has reached the highest level in more than a de
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader and health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has said that the SNP government must finally tackle the crisis in social care by providing proper support for staff and services, after new figures showed that nearly 10,000
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today called on the Health Secretary to bring a new a plan to the table which will tackle cancer waiting times, as figures published today show poor cancer waiting times performance against the 6
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Families who remortgaged in 2023 are facing a mortgage bombshell of almost £9bn this year, with commuter belt areas in the Blue Wall hardest hit, new analysis commissioned by the Liberal Democrats has revealed.
