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 confirmation from the Scottish Government that pensioners will now get the same winter fuel payments as those in England, Scottish Liberal Democrat Willie Rennie MSP said:
Commenting after his speech at the Scotland 2050 event, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said:
Responding to the publication of new Scottish Government guidance aimed at addressing the risk of violence in schools and the consequences for when it occurs, Scottish Liberal Democrat education spokesperson Willie Rennie MSP said:
Responding to new statistics which show that the deprivation gap for positive follow-up destinations among school leavers has increased for the third consecutive year, with the gap in those going on to higher education increasing to its widest since the 2
Responding to the news that the SNP government are still missing the key Medical Assisted Treatment (MAT) standards for drug care and treatment, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said:
Scottish Liberal Democrat climate emergency spokesperson Liam McArthur MSP has urged Ministers to come clean following reports that 100 truckloads of waste will be moved each day to England once a landfill ban comes into effect at the end of the year.
The Liberal Democrats have today published a comprehensive blueprint for replacing the broken business rates system.