Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has warned in Parliament that if airlines implement fuel surcharges as a result of the conflict around Iran, they should...
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has today challenged transport ministers to rejoin the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service, in order to improve reliability and affordability of flights.
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has today criticised the Scottish Government for harming isles fishermen with its “economic link” rules, after an SNP MSP publicly defended the policy.
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has today pressed the DEFRA Secretary Emma Reynolds to engage more closely with fresh food businesses in the UK about the opportunities and challenges from a potential trade agreement with the EU.
On 11 March, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Fisheries (APPG) welcomed Costas Kadis, European Commissioner for Fisheries and Oceans, alongside members of his Cabinet and representatives from the European Union’s Delegation to the United Kingdom...
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has today welcomed confirmation that the government will provide funding to support families struggling with the rapid rise in heating oil costs...
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has today backed Liberal Democrat proposals for a price cap for those who rely on heating oil, as rural households face a sudden and severe rise in energy bills following the war in Iran.
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has welcomed the government’s climbdown today on visa access for sheep shearers.
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has today written to the Financial Secretary to the Treasury, Lord Livermore, after it was announced that he would be leading the government’s response to rapidly rising heating oil prices.
Shetland MSP and Scottish Liberal Democrat has supported Colostomy UK’s stoma-friendly public toilets campaign by writing to Tesco and Co-op.
Outside parliament last Tuesday morning, under the watchful gaze of a bank of TV cameras and journalists jostling for position, Tracy Churcher gave me a big hug, wished me luck before heading off with her daughter to catch a train home.
Liam McArthur has today expressed disappointment that an amendment to the Visitor Levy (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill which would require an exemption for anyone staying in overnight accommodation for the purposes of a medical appointment was defeated
Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland and Scottish Liberal Democrat, has raised the findings of the Shetland Women’s Aid “Voices of Women in Shetland” survey in the Scottish Parliament.
Beatrice Wishart and has slammed the SNP’s handling of the Northern Isles Ferry Service in a Scottish Parliament debate this week. Ms Wishart highlighted longstanding issues that the Scottish Government and Transport Scotland had not ‘seriously engaged’
Orkney's MSP Liam McArthur has today urged the Scottish Government to support local efforts to develop capacity for repairing and maintaining electric vehicles in Orkney.
I’m not sure you can make a mockery of something that is already intrinsically ludicrous, but the inaugural winner of the FIFA Peace Prize is having a good go.
Orkney's MSP Liam McArthur has today received confirmation that the Scottish Government will publish the findings of its cruise-ship passenger levy consultation next week.
Last Tuesday Orkney provided a fitting send-off for Jim Wallace with a funeral service in St Magnus Cathedral that was full of emotion but plenty of laughter too.