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.
Responding to comments made by Professor Sir Anton Muscatelli, principal of the University of Glasgow, who said that a review is needed of the funding and shape of higher education, Scottish Liberal Democrat Willie Rennie MSP said:
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has today hailed a major budget win for his party as the Scottish Government announced details of a £4.5 million fund which will deliver specialist support for long COVID and other similar conditions.
Responding to the warning from Teresa Medhurst, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, that the system is “simmering on the brink of a crisis” and that “too much” is expected of staff who are facing increased risks of violence and burnout, Scotti
Responding to the news that 1,185 people died from alcohol-specific causes in 2024, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader and health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said:
Responding to the embargoed analysis from the Royal College of Emergency Medicine suggesting that there were 800 deaths associated with long A&E waits in Scotland last year, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said:
Responding to an embargoed paper by the Commission on School Reform, which calls for Scottish schools to be able to suspend and exclude, Scottish Liberal Democrat education spokesperson Willie Rennie 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.