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.
Responding to MPs recommending that Margaret Ferrier should be suspended from Parliament for 30 days for her breach of Covid regulations, Liberal Democrat Scottish Affairs spokesperson Christine Jardine MP said:
Responding to the news that the ferry serving Mallaig, Oban and Lochboisdale in South Uist will be cancelled for five weeks, from 5th April to 13th May, Scottish Liberal Democrat economy spokesperson Willie Rennie MSP said:
Commenting on the appointment of Cabinet Secretaries, and the dropping of local government and housing from senior titles, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said:
Scottish Liberal Democrat economy spokesperson Willie Rennie has today pressed minister Richard Lochhead to admit that a key programme to deliver Superfast broadband will not be delivered until at least seven years late.
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader and health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today called on Humza Yousaf, as one of his first acts as First Minister, to “scrap, not salvage” the ministerial takeover of social care after new figures showed that the
Speaking in the Scottish Parliament as he stood for the office of First Minister, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said:
The Liberal Democrats have today published a comprehensive blueprint for replacing the broken business rates system.