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.
Scottish Liberal Democrat economy spokesperson Jamie Greene MSP has today accused the SNP government of “permanent evasion” after they could not say whether there are still plans for a new billet plant at Sanjeev Gupta’s Lochaber smelter.
Speaking during First Minister’s Questions, Scottish Liberal Democrat Jamie Greene MSP challenged John Swinney over “a growing trend of reward for failure” in settlement agreements for senior public executives.
Ahead of SNP ministers making a statement to parliament later today (Thursday 11th September), Scottish Liberal Democrat Jamie Greene MSP has urged them to “come clean” on their government's deals with Sanjeev Gupta’s troubled business empire and taxpayer
Scottish Liberal Democrat Jamie Greene MSP has accused the Scottish Conservatives of “rank hypocrisy” after bringing forward a motion on the impact of asylum hotels, calling it “yet another example of a desperate party aping Reform”.
Scottish Liberal Democrat MP for North East Fife Wendy Chamberlain has written to Scottish Health Secretary Neil Gray, raising urgent concerns about a stroke patient from Newport-on-Tay receiving care many miles from home.
Responding to the news that the number of people in Scotland’s prisons has returned to the level which caused the early release of hundreds of inmates, Scottish Liberal Democrat justice spokesperson Liam McArthur 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.