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
Greene: Scottish Government must realise economic potential of defence spending
To mark Armed Forces Day, Scottish Liberal Democrat economy spokesperson Jamie Greene MSP has written to the Deputy First Minister urging her to ensure the Scottish Government realises the economic potential of increases in the defence budget.
28 Jun 2025
Scot Lib Dems win from 5th place in ultra-competitive Edinburgh bellwether
Scottish Liberal Democrats candidate Kevin McKay has won the highly contested Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart by-election, a ward in which the party finished in fifth place at the 2022 election.
27 Jun 2025
Wendy Chamberlain MP and People’s Postcode Lottery respond to Government not lifting Charity Lottery Cap
Wendy Chamberlain, MP for North East Fife, brought forward her Private Member’s Bill earlier this year calling for the cap on charity lottery sales to be lifted. She worked closely with the People’s Postcode Lottery on this Bill. At the time, the Governme
26 Jun 2025
Cole-Hamilton: Cancer patients deserve better than SNP failures
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today said that cancer patients “deserve better” than SNP failures, as he challenged the First Minister on cancer waiting times reaching their worst level on record and questioned why Scots are m
26 Jun 2025
Married couple Yi-pei Chou Turvey and Michael Turvey top North East list
Scottish Liberal Democrats have today announced that Aberdeenshire councillor Yi-pei Chou Turvey and her husband Michael Turvey will be the top two candidates on the party’s regional list for the North East of Scotland at the forthcoming Scottish election
26 Jun 2025
SNP financial strategy is late, incompetent and unsustainable
Responding to the Scottish Government’s medium term financial strategy, Scottish Liberal Democrat economy spokesperson Jamie Greene MSP said:
25 Jun 2025
UK News
Say You're With Us
The Liberal Democrats are standing up for our NHS, addressing the cost of living crisis, and ensuring everyone gets the support they need.
LD
23 May 2024
It's Time
Time to elect fantastic Liberal Democrat MPs to champion their communities.
LD
22 May 2024
Cost of living
£9bn mortgage bombshell this year with commuter belt areas hardest hit
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.
LD
22 May 2024
Lib Dems Winning
Lib Dems win more seats than Conservatives in 2024 Local Election
For the first time since 1996 the Liberal Democrats won more seats than the Conservatives in the Local Elections.
LD
9 May 2024
LGBT+
10 years celebrating love
Ten years ago today, the UK’s first same-sex marriages took place.
ED
29 Mar 2024
Latest UK News
Ed Davey's speech to Spring Conference
Liberal Democrat Leader rallies his party ahead of this year's General Election.
LD
17 Mar 2024