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.
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 news that the firm which was due to manage the Deposit Return Scheme may be on the brink of collapse, Scottish Liberal Democrat climate emergency spokesperson Liam McArthur MSP said:
Speaking in the Scottish Parliament during First Minister’s Questions, Scottish Liberal Democrat economy spokesperson Willie Rennie MSP has called on the government to invest in sustainable heating technologies to cut emissions and meet climate targets.
Responding to the news that a bill designed to protect against protests outside abortion clinics has been lodged at the Scottish Parliament today, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader and health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said:
Following the publication of the damning Privileges Committee report, Liberal Democrat Scottish affairs spokesperson Christine Jardine MP said Boris Johnson caused immeasurable damage to public trust in politics and that people are sick of Conservative sl
Speaking after the SNP and Greens voted down proposals to compensate islanders for the losses they have suffered as a result on the ongoing ferries fiasco, Scottish Liberal Democrat rural affairs and connectivity spokesperson Beatrice Wishart MSP said:
Scottish Liberal Democrat deputy leader Wendy Chamberlain MP has today challenged Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to agree to a charter of consumer rights for energy customers. She raised the case of a constituent who was wrongly billed almost £4,000 but three
The Liberal Democrats have today published a comprehensive blueprint for replacing the broken business rates system.