Clarion
Chris confronts Clarion over housing failures
I met with Clarion’s Regional Housing and Repair Leads to raise residents’ concerns around poor communication and delays.
18 Aug 2025
National News
Highlands
Commonwealth medallist aiming for gold in Tain and Easter Ross by-election
Former Great Britain Judo Champion and Commonwealth Games medalist, Connie Ramsay, says she will “take the fight to the Highland Council” following her selection as the Highland Liberal Democrat candidate in the Tain and Easter Ross by-election.
18 Aug 2025
Uber ambulance: 2.7 million did not take an ambulance to A&E last year - up 340,000 on 2019
There were at least 2.7 million attendances at A&E where someone did not use an ambulance to get there, with over a quarter-of-a-million in need of very urgent medical attention opting not to use one, Liberal Democrat Freedom of Information requests saw.
18 Aug 2025
A thousand died from high temperatures in hospitals and care homes last year as Lib Dems call on Govt to “heatproof the NHS”
There were close to 1,000 excessive heat deaths in healthcare settings last year, official government data analysed by the Liberal Democrats reveals as the Party calls on the Government to “heatproof the NHS”.
18 Aug 2025
10 years on SNP’s broken attainment promise lies in ruins
Marking ten years since Nicola Sturgeon promised to close the attainment gap, Scottish Liberal Democrat education spokesperson Willie Rennie has today (Monday 18th August) said that this promise ‘lies in ruins’ and that the SNP have betrayed a whole gener
18 Aug 2025
UK/Europe Must Now Learn To Say “No”: Starmer must address the nation
The time has come for the liberal world to say “no” to President Trump.
18 Aug 2025