North East
Lib Dem gain in Sacriston
Independent seat turns Lib Dem
13 Feb 2026
National News
The proscription of Palestine Action was a "grave misuse of terrorism laws"
Responding to the High Court's ruling that the ban on Palestine Action is unlawful, Liberal Democrat Home Affairs Spokesperson Max Wilkinson MP said:
13 Feb 2026
Alistair Carmichael - Westminster
Carmichael delivers EFRA report on UK-EU negotiations in Parliament
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has this week delivered a statement in Parliament on the House of Commons Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee report into UK-EU trade negotiations.
13 Feb 2026
Alistair Carmichael - Westminster
Renewed FFIS funding risks failing isles farmers without admission of past failures – Carmichael
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has today warned that a new round of funding for the Future Farming Investment Scheme risked failing if the SNP did not admit failures in the original allocation last year.
13 Feb 2026
Alistair Carmichael - Westminster
Public investment in telecoms companies leaves a duty to cooperate for rural coverage – Carmichael
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has this week in Parliament called on telecommunications companies receiving public investment to have a stronger duty to cooperate for wider rural mobile coverage.
13 Feb 2026
Greene comments on fresh delays for Glen Sannox return
Responding to a fresh raft of delays affecting CalMac ferries, with repair work on the newly arrived Glen Sannox now extended to four months, Scottish Liberal Democrat transport and economy spokesperson Jamie Greene MSP:
13 Feb 2026