Angus MacDonald
Letter On The A82
I am certain that the A82 is far more dangerous and frightening than the A9.
AMD
22 Aug 2023
News
All the latest news from the Highland and Scottish Liberal Democrats, Angus MacDonald MP and Jamie Stone MP
Angus MacDonald
Give power to the people
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.
AMD
4 Jul 2023
Angus MacDonald
Care Home Crisis
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.
AMD
4 Jul 2023
Angus MacDonald
What more difficult business area can there be in Scotland right now than hospitality in the Highlands?
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.
AMD
4 Jul 2023
Angus MacDonald
Threat from ticks
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.
AMD
4 Jul 2023
Angus MacDonald
Kinloch Castle buyer driven off
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.
AMD
4 Jul 2023
Scottish News
Lib Dems back Presiding Officer in Ross row
Commenting on Douglas Ross being expelled from the Scottish Parliament chamber this afternoon, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton said:
29 May 2025
Fiscal forecasts expose SNP financial mismanagement coming home to roost
Scottish Liberal Democrat finance spokesperson Jamie Greene has today warned that the SNP’s financial mismanagement is coming home to roost as new economic forecasts cut expected GDP growth to just 1.2% in 2025-26 and show the pressures mounting on future
29 May 2025
Greene comments on stalemate fears over Ardrossan harbour buyout plan
Responding to reports that campaigners fear a plan to bring Ardrossan harbour into public ownership to enable a major redevelopment has reached a stalemate, Scottish Liberal Democrat MSP for the West of Scotland Jamie Greene said:
29 May 2025
McArthur writes to MSPs as France backs assisted dying
Liam McArthur MSP has today written to MSPs highlighting "growing international evidence" as parliamentarians in France voted in favour of legalising assisted dying for terminally ill patients.
28 May 2025
Jardine calls for the scrapping of the Two Child Cap
Edinburgh West MP and Liberal Democrat Scottish Affairs spokesperson Christine Jardine has called for the Two Child Cap to be scrapped in a letter to the Child Poverty Taskforce headed by the Secretary of State for Education and the Secretary of State for
28 May 2025
Scot Lib Dems call for new treatment pathways for neurodiversity
On Wednesday 28th May, Scottish Liberal Democrats will lead a debate in the Scottish Parliament where they will demand new treatment pathways for neurodiversity, warning that the lack of treatment options is negatively impacting the Scottish economy.
28 May 2025
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