Highland Council

Highland Council under fire for having no services for sexually abused children.

Care home closures and chronic staff shortages are leaving hundreds of Highland patients without appropriate care.

Parking fees are going up for Inverness as Highland Council aims to balance its budget.

The issue was thrust into the spotlight at the leadership debate hosted by our sister paper, The Inverness Courier.

Scotland's housing secretary is urging hosts of short-term lets in the Highlands to apply for a new licence before the October deadline

We sought to place the Highlands and Moray firmly on the political agenda after years of neglect

The prospect of Highland Council being broken up and replaced by smaller entities – including, for example, an Inverness City Council – was addressed.

MEMBERS of the public can now view the plans for Highland locations which will be included in a new 20mph speed limit programme.

Councillor Raymond Bremner said many of the budget savings haven’t been easy.

Highland Council will vote this week on whether to cancel plans to increase the cost of electric vehicle chargers by 130 per cent.

At an SNP leadership hustings event in Inverness yesterday, potentially breaking up Highland Council was mentioned. What territory does it cover?

She says ‘we need to do more on decentralisation and we need to improve local decision making’

He told SNP members in Inverness 'on their boards should be people who make up those communities, who live in those communities'

She tells SNP members in Inverness 'we need to decentralise power further but real empowerment'

Council convener Bill Lobban: "We recognise the pressures on people across Highland'

Highland Council's leader believes it is faced with a perfect storm as it aims to address a £49.2 million budget gap.

Strikes over pay are set to cause disruption, despite the Scottish Secondary Teachers Association agreeing to defer action.

Move comes amid £54 million deficit and cost-of-living crisis

In the Highlands, 43 percent of pupils need some form of additional support for learning.

Members of Highland Council’s health committee have called for more detail about how the council will improve its services for vulnerable children.