Politics

With the SNP cutting £500 million from budgets I doubt many readers will worry too much about the cancellation of advertising and marketing campaigns.

Building a Local Scotland campaigners say the country is ‘one of the least locally governed countries in the world’.

MSP Edward Mountain tells council leader Raymond Bremner it ‘brings the council into direct competition with local businesses’.

Parents says additional support is not available where it should be as the focus is now on kids from deprived backgrounds.

Move paves way for local authority to ban fireworks in misuse hotspots

Fears for project emerged yesterday when Finance Secretary warned: “We cannot afford all of our capital commitments”

Legislation is due to come into effect in the Autumn and could pave the way to introducing a visitor levy.

Finance secretary Shona Robison warns ‘we cannot afford all of our capital commitments’

He says the council can’t ‘carve up the city centre like this and expect everyone else to swallow it without proper consultation’.

Chief Superintendent Robert Shepherd says it is intended to create a ‘hostile’ environment for groups from Birmingham, Derby, Liverpool and London.

A Highland MSP has revealed the Highlands and Moray are lagging behind the remainder of Scotland in rural affordable house building.

In his hometown of Inverness for the hustings, he says work must accelerate ‘otherwise, we will continue to see more lives being needlessly lost’.

Opposition leader Alasdair Christie says ‘the question must be asked what damage or impact is it having on our children’s education.

Moray LibDem leader Neil Alexander is backing a motion in Parliament to block UK Government’s plans to cut winter fuel payments for pensioners.

Angus MacDonald overcame Drew Hendry in July’s general election increasing his party’s vote share by more than 22 per cent.

Edward Mountain says ‘Going into competition with these businesses is madness’.

Census figures show the scale of the housing transformation needed across the Highlands and Islands to address the housing emergency an MSP has said.

Highland Council upheld complaints concerning two other members of staff, one of whom was described as ‘hostile’ to the teenager.

New Local MP Graham Leadbitter urging Westminster to pay WASPI women ‘before more die’

Fergus Ewing warns ‘this is unfair to the existing businesses and potentially illegal and unsafe for holiday makers’.