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20mph speed limit consultation feedback being examined ahead of crunch vote

20mph speed limit consultation feedback being examined ahead of crunch vote

20mph speed limit consultation feedback being examined ahead of crunch vote

08 March 2025

Feedback over the region’s new 20mph limits is now being examined by Highland Council ahead of a vote which could make them permanent this spring.


Highland Council raises council tax by 7% as it passes £818m budget unchanged

Highland Council raises council tax by 7% as it passes £818m budget unchanged

Highland Council raises council tax by 7% as it passes £818m budget unchanged

06 March 2025

Opposition plans for education reforms, free primary school meals and lower hikes in council tax were rejected.


U-turn on single malt whisky definition welcomed by Strathspey MP

U-turn on single malt whisky definition welcomed by Strathspey MP

U-turn on single malt whisky definition welcomed by Strathspey MP

06 March 2025

Highland MPs have welcomed a decision not to change the definition of English single malt whisky after a heated debate on its impact on Scotch.


50mph speed limit plans will be ‘carefully assessed’ after record-breaking consultation feedback

50mph speed limit plans will be ‘carefully assessed’ after record-breaking consultation feedback

50mph speed limit plans will be ‘carefully assessed’ after record-breaking consultation feedback

06 March 2025

More than 19,000 responses were received over proposals to cut the speed limit from 60mph to 50mph - the biggest response to Transport Scotland ever.


Highland Council Conservatives plot budget changes to reduce council tax hike from 7% down to 3%

Highland Council Conservatives plot budget changes to reduce council tax hike from 7% down to 3%

Highland Council Conservatives plot budget changes to reduce council tax hike from 7% down to 3%

06 March 2025

Details of what specifically was proposed were scant while the Greens ‘hail influence’ on securing £500k investment.


Inverness Chamber of Commerce boss Colin Marr: ‘Spoiler alert, I am not in favour of the visitor levy’

Inverness Chamber of Commerce boss Colin Marr: ‘Spoiler alert, I am not in favour of the visitor levy’

Inverness Chamber of Commerce boss Colin Marr: ‘Spoiler alert, I am not in favour of the visitor levy’

06 March 2025

But senior Highland Council official Malcolm Macleod insists the local authority’s ears are open on thorny questions like VAT.


Highland Council’s £818m budget challenged with 13 opposition amendments ahead of crunch meeting

Highland Council’s £818m budget challenged with 13 opposition amendments ahead of crunch meeting

Highland Council’s £818m budget challenged with 13 opposition amendments ahead of crunch meeting

05 March 2025

The Liberal Democrats want to place an emphasis on attainment in schools amid flagging results for north youngsters.


NHS Highland falls behind national child and adolescent mental health treatment times

NHS Highland falls behind national child and adolescent mental health treatment times

NHS Highland falls behind national child and adolescent mental health treatment times

04 March 2025

Scotland reaches target for the first time as wellbeing minister and far north MSP Maree Todd hails ‘encouraging’ figures.


Highland Council is set to invest £870,000 in bid to dig thousands out of poverty

Highland Council is set to invest £870,000 in bid to dig thousands out of poverty

Highland Council is set to invest £870,000 in bid to dig thousands out of poverty

04 March 2025

Council leader Raymond Bremner says the move sparked by ‘eye-watering’ £70m in unclaimed benefits.


Plans to expand Highland Council-owned bus service with £6m after D&E Coaches buyout

Plans to expand Highland Council-owned bus service with £6m after D&E Coaches buyout

Plans to expand Highland Council-owned bus service with £6m after D&E Coaches buyout

03 March 2025

A further £8m will be invested in renewable energy projects that have been touted for years.


CHARLIE WHELAN: Scottish Labour will be judged on what is done by Keir Starmer

CHARLIE WHELAN: Scottish Labour will be judged on what is done by Keir Starmer

CHARLIE WHELAN: Scottish Labour will be judged on what is done by Keir Starmer

28 February 2025

The Nationalists are cock a hoop the polls still have them ahead despite running Scotland so badly


Super school plan: LibDems want Highland Council to consider new Inverness facility

Super school plan: LibDems want Highland Council to consider new Inverness facility

Super school plan: LibDems want Highland Council to consider new Inverness facility

28 February 2025

The idea is to create a sixth form college accessible online to all pupils in the Highlands to ramp-up learning and attainment.


Calls for flat-rate tourist tax made as business leaders unite against percentage plan

Calls for flat-rate tourist tax made as business leaders unite against percentage plan

Calls for flat-rate tourist tax made as business leaders unite against percentage plan

27 February 2025

Business leaders across the Highlands have united to back calls for changes to planned tourist levies.


Raigmore Hospital told to make 13 improvements after surprise health inspection

Raigmore Hospital told to make 13 improvements after surprise health inspection

Raigmore Hospital told to make 13 improvements after surprise health inspection

27 February 2025

But despite being ordered to make a number of improvements - including on infection outbreak reporting - the inspectors also reported many strengths.


Scottish Government and council provision of additional support for learning (ASL) must be ‘fundamentally evaluated’, says watchdog

Scottish Government and council provision of additional support for learning (ASL) must be ‘fundamentally evaluated’, says watchdog

Scottish Government and council provision of additional support for learning (ASL) must be ‘fundamentally evaluated’, says watchdog

27 February 2025

Local authorities such as Highland Council are being called upon to review ASL provision processes.


How will 7% rise in Highland Council Tax hit your pocket? We look at the figures

How will 7% rise in Highland Council Tax hit your pocket? We look at the figures

How will 7% rise in Highland Council Tax hit your pocket? We look at the figures

27 February 2025

Top councillors recognise ‘people are under severe financial pressure’ but say taxpayers will see their money’s worth


Highland Council set for 7% council tax hike and pledge £21.5m for teaching, social care, public transport and renewables

Highland Council set for 7% council tax hike and pledge £21.5m for teaching, social care, public transport and renewables

Highland Council set for 7% council tax hike and pledge £21.5m for teaching, social care, public transport and renewables

27 February 2025

The £818m draft budget will be debated - and likely agreed - at a full meeting of the local authority next week.


WATCH: UK Government is ‘pulling the rug from Scotland’s whisky sector’ - says Highland and Moray MP

WATCH: UK Government is ‘pulling the rug from Scotland’s whisky sector’ - says Highland and Moray MP

WATCH: UK Government is ‘pulling the rug from Scotland’s whisky sector’ - says Highland and Moray MP

26 February 2025

Highland and Moray MPs are urging Westminster to scrap plans to grant GI status to English whisky as they fear it will hit Scotch whisky’s reputation.


Highlands MSP Edward Mountain to stand down at next Holyrood election

Highlands MSP Edward Mountain to stand down at next Holyrood election

Highlands MSP Edward Mountain to stand down at next Holyrood election

26 February 2025

Scottish Conservative says party political disputes and constitutional arguments ‘holding Scotland back’


Highland Council claims exam results will match the Scottish average by 2027, critics say that’s ‘unconvincingly positive’

Highland Council claims exam results will match the Scottish average by 2027, critics say that’s ‘unconvincingly positive’

Highland Council claims exam results will match the Scottish average by 2027, critics say that’s ‘unconvincingly positive’

25 February 2025

Councillor Michael Gregson warns when ‘Highland figures are so poor’ then ‘we need more transparency and openness’.


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