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.
Responding to the embargoed report from Audit Scotland which warns that “The Scottish Government and councils must fundamentally rethink how they plan, fund and staff additional support for learning as part of core school education in Scotland”, Scottish
Responding to a new round of ferry disruption, which will mean some of CalMac’s largest vessels are delayed from re-entering service, including the MV Caledonian Isles and the MV Isle of Lewis, Scottish Liberal Democrat communities spokesperson Willie Ren
Jamie Stone, MP for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, has tabled a parliamentary motion calling for the protection of the Scottish Single Malt Whisky category in light of a bid made by the English Whisky Guild for geographical indication.
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today called on the Scottish Government to engage with Edinburgh University, after University principal Professor Sir Peter Mathieson announced plans to reduce staff numbers to plug a £140 millio
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has criticised the government for failing to clarify the reach of the Mental Welfare Commission and to explain whether the body requires any further powers to properly report on issues at inpatient p
Responding to new statistics showing that the number of full-time equivalent places delivered by colleges dropped to 116,602 in 2023-24, the lowest on record and falling by more than 8,000 places in a single year, Scottish Liberal Democrat education spoke
The Liberal Democrats have today published a comprehensive blueprint for replacing the broken business rates system.