All the latest news from the Highland Liberal Democrats.
Far North Liberal Democrats Jamie Stone and David Green have written to the Secretary of State for Transport to raise concerns regarding the backlog of practical driving tests in the Highlands.
The Scottish Government and NHS Highland are being urged to set out a timetable for collating the information required for Scottish Ministers to make a decision in response to calls for an independent review of maternity services in Caithness.
The Liberal Democrat candidate for the Far North, David Green, says it “stinks” that the Scottish Government has no plans monitor 100% of overflows despite sewage concerns raised by Caithness campaigners.
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.
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has criticised the SNP for presiding over thousands of people waiting hours at A&E, huge numbers of patients marooned in hospital, long waits for mental health care and worrying vacancies amid nursing an
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has used a keynote speech to highlight what he has learned in his time as an MSP and how his party intends to use their stronger influence in this parliament to provide effective opposition.
North East Fife MSP Willie Rennie has today written to the new community safety minister, Kirsten Oswald MSP, to raise more than a dozen questions about the Lower Melville Wood fire and how the incident was handled. He has also called for a public meeting
Responding to the news that Ofcom has approved proposals by STV which will allow the station to get rid of its north of Scotland news programme, North East Scotland MSP Yi-pei Chou Turvey said:
Responding to Nicola Sturgeon’s interview with Laura Kuenssberg, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said:
Scottish Liberal Democrat MSP for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch Andrew Baxter has tabled a parliamentary motion about the harmful impact of UK Government tax changes which have resulted in mileage caps for users of a disabled travel scheme, as he warned it
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