Welcome to the website of John Thurso MP

John is MP for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross and has had the honour to represent our area since 2001. John is the Liberal Democrats Shadow Secretary of State for Business and is also a representative on the Treasury Select Committee.

John, along with Jamie Stone MSP and our local Councillors, is part of the strong Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross Lib Dem team. A team committed to fighting for our area and for the Highlands as a whole.

Latest News

"Banks need to act with the grain of society to create a sustainable society" Thurso Sat 6th Mar 2010 Speaking today at the Scottish Liberal Democrat Conference, John Thurso MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Business called for a radical change in the way the UK economy works with an end to the economy's unsustainable reliance on finance for economic growth.

Thurso leads criticism over rescued banks Thu 4th Mar 2010 Far North MP and Liberal Democrat Business spokesman John Thurso led a wave of criticism from all parties over the Government's failure to secure credit from the rescued banks at BIS questions today stating:

Government must get banks lending for firms to invest in recovery says Thurso Thu 25th Feb 2010 "Banks are failing to meet their lending commitments, starving businesses of capital needed for investment," said the Liberal Democrat Shadow Business Secretary.

MP slams "high handed" actions of Lloyds Banking Group as it ends charities deal Wed 24th Feb 2010 Local MP John Thurso accused Lloyds Banking Group of "intimidation on a grand scale" today as the bank announced it intends to end the funding deal with the Lloyds TSB Foundation for Scotland which has distributed millions of pounds to Scottish charities over the years.

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