All the latest news from the Highland Liberal Democrats.
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.
At the forthcoming Scottish Liberal Democrat conference in Dundee, the party will set out plans proposed by climate emergency spokesperson Liam McArthur MSP to boost support for greener cars and the transition to net zero.
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader and health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today called for the Scottish Government to take “real action” on NHS backlogs, after new Liberal Democrat analysis revealed that 384,023 operations have been lost since the pandemic first began, highlighting once again that the Cabinet Secretary needs to go back to the drawing board and come up with a new NHS Recovery Plan
Responding to Public Health Scotland statistics showing the 18-week mental health treatment target is still being missed for 30% of children, with more than 4,000 children and adults waiting a year or more for mental health treatment, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader and health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP commented:
Responding to figures that show almost 6,000 vacancies across nursing and midwifery, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader and health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has warned they, “will only get worse” if action is not taken urgently.
As new Public Health Scotland statistics show thousands still languishing in Scottish hospitals due to delayed discharges remaining stubbornly high, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader and health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has urged the Scottish Government to scrap their “ill-fated ministerial takeover of social care.”
Responding to new figures showing that only 64.5% of patients attending A&E were seen within the four-hour target time, with just 41.4% seen on time in the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader and health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said:
Liberal Democrats want a way forward which works for Britain - that cuts down red tape, reduces costs for businesses and makes people better off as a result.
The Liberal Democrats have today published a comprehensive blueprint for replacing the broken business rates system.
