All the latest news from the Highland Liberal Democrats.
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.
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?
Marking ten years since Nicola Sturgeon promised to close the attainment gap, Scottish Liberal Democrat education spokesperson Willie Rennie has today (Monday 18th August) said that this promise ‘lies in ruins’ and that the SNP have betrayed a whole gener
Responding to an open letter to John Swinney from more than 200 health and social care charities warning that the sector faces collapse, published in the Herald this morning, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton said:
Scottish Liberal Democrat transport spokesperson and West of Scotland MSP Jamie Greene MSP has today said that the SNP have caused islanders to lose faith in the political system, as he revealed that CalMac have paid out compensation of almost £2 million
Responding to reports that Sanjeev Gupta is planning a connected pre-pack administration of Liberty Steel's Speciality Steel UK arm in a bid to avert its compulsory liquidation, Willie Rennie MSP said:
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has today written to the Chief Constable Jo Farrell to ask what approach the service will take to policing protests over the events in Gaza, noting that it will be challenging for Police Scotland to navi
Responding to Vice President JD Vance’s visit to Scotland and his comments to the Munich Security Conference in January in which he claimed people who live within safe access zones had been sent letters by the Scottish government warning them about
The Government is missing an open goal by failing to protect more of the treasured sporting events which bring people together. Liberal Democrats will give sport back to the people.
Today marks International Women's Day—a moment to honour women's achievements, acknowledge their invaluable contributions, and reflect on the journey towards gender equality that still lies ahead.
Reflecting on the year’s International Women’s Day theme of “invest in women”, I am sadly reminded of how much further we still need to go.
Liberal Democrats will continue to stand up for international law and for a lasting peace.
Tomorrow, my bill to ban conversion therapy will be debated in the House of Lords.
Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey has unveiled a new ‘Tory Removal Service’ campaign poster, as he announces a new plan to force a General Election and stop Rishi Sunak clinging on to power.
