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All the latest news from the Highland Liberal Democrats.

Threat from ticks
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
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Angus MacDonald

Corran Ferry, electric proposal

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.

AMD
4 Jul 2023
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Angus MacDonald

A Rum deal

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?

AMD
4 Jul 2023
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Scottish News

Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP

More than 19,000 pupils learning in crumbling schools

Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today revealed that thousands of pupils across Scotland are at risk from schools with potentially deadly concrete, after new research by his party found that 19,322 pupils are currently on the ro

17 Sep 2023
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Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP

Lib Dems respond to latest crackpot independence plan

Responding to reports that the SNP will attempt to open negotiations on Scottish independence with the next UK Government if it wins a majority of Scottish seats at the next general election, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton said:

14 Sep 2023
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Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP

Rennie responds to census results

Responding to the first results of the 2022 census, which show that while Scotland’s population is now at its highest ever recorded, the rate of growth was one of the slowest in the UK (2.7%) and without immigration the population would have decreased by

14 Sep 2023
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Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP

Nearly half of all care services reporting vacancies

Responding to a new report published by the Care Inspectorate and the Scottish Social Services Council which shows that nearly half (49%) of all care services in Scotland reported having vacancies at the end of 2022, the highest level since publication of

14 Sep 2023
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UK News

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