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MSP hopeful urges Highland Council to halt ‘damaging’ motorhome pass scheme

LibDem candidate David Green fears the council is ‘effectively driving business away’ from local operators.

How much did your MP spend on expenses in their first nine months in office?

The recent figures show how much was spent by each new Westminster representative since the general election.

NHS Highland and NHS Grampian paid out a combined £34m in patient compensation

Scottish Government is slammed for leaving ‘frontline NHS staff dangerously overstretched and more prone to making mistakes’.

‘Sleepwalking into heightened wildfire risk’ in Cairngorms National Park and elsewhere

Leading rural organisations believe muirburn licensing delays could fan flames of devastating wildfire threat

Could Strathspey be voting for Scotland’s first transgender MSP?

A trans Highland councillor is in the running to replace Fergus Ewing as the SNP’s candidate for next year’s Holyrood election.

Tourist tax ‘looks more of a threat’ to hospitality, warns councillor

“Listen to the hospitality trade” over the planned tourist tax, a Highland councillor has urged.

BBC Scotland’s flagship political debate show coming to the Highlands

BBC Scotland is bringing its flagship political debate show to Inverness this month.

Andrew Baxter says he can beat Kate Forbes because ‘the political tide is turning’

The challenger for 2026 believes the seat is competitive ‘because my opponent is very much part of the problem’.

The Highlands declared as the Scottish Liberal Democrats priority at Inverness conference

Leader Alex Cole-Hamilton says ‘People in the Highlands know we are best placed to beat the SNP’.

The Highlands declared as the Scottish Liberal Democrats priority at Inverness conference

Leader Alex Cole-Hamilton says ‘People in the Highlands know we are best placed to beat the SNP’.

Highland Council stats reveal ‘violent incidents’ in schools rose 150 per cent last session

But the stats draw a blank on assaults of teachers or pupils and drugs or weapons.

Lib Dems name Kate Forbes’ 2026 challenger – Highland councillor Andrew Baxter

He is member for Fort William and Ardnamurchan and currently MP Angus MacDonald’s chief of staff

Report by Highland Lib Dem MP Angus MacDonald exposes Highland care sector crisis as he calls for £60m rescue package

Analysis reveals an 18% drop in care homes over 10 years while the over-75 population rose by almost 72%

Veteran Highland councillor in shock resignation

‘I’m not an angel I’m just a woman and any time we make mistakes as a politician we are hung, drawn and quartered by social media.’

Highland councillor objects to proposed 21.7 per cent pay hike saying ‘they are not reading the room’

Michael Gregson says ‘the people are just not feeling the love, and this excessive pay rise to ourselves certainly won’t change that perception’.

Highland Councillors set to get inflation busting 21% pay hike adding around £500k to the wage bill

The move follows recommendations by the Scottish Local Authorities Remuneration Committee.

MSP Fergus Ewing: ‘The SNP just is no longer the party for all of Scotland, as it has been for most of my 50 years as a member’

He confirms that ‘with great sadness’ he is to stand down as SNP MSP at the 2026 Holyrood election but may yet stand as an independent.

Politics

MSP hopeful urges Highland Council to halt ‘damaging’ motorhome pass scheme

How much did your MP spend on expenses in their first nine months in office?

How much did your MP spend on expenses in their first nine months in office?

NHS Highland and NHS Grampian paid out a combined £34m in patient compensation

NHS Highland and NHS Grampian paid out a combined £34m in patient compensation

‘Sleepwalking into heightened wildfire risk’ in Cairngorms National Park and elsewhere

‘Sleepwalking into heightened wildfire risk’ in Cairngorms National Park and elsewhere

Could Strathspey be voting for Scotland’s first transgender MSP?

Could Strathspey be voting for Scotland’s first transgender MSP?

Tourist tax ‘looks more of a threat’ to hospitality, warns councillor

Tourist tax ‘looks more of a threat’ to hospitality, warns councillor

BBC Scotland’s flagship political debate show coming to the Highlands

BBC Scotland’s flagship political debate show coming to the Highlands

Andrew Baxter says he can beat Kate Forbes because ‘the political tide is turning’

Andrew Baxter says he can beat Kate Forbes because ‘the political tide is turning’

The Highlands declared as the Scottish Liberal Democrats priority at Inverness conference

The Highlands declared as the Scottish Liberal Democrats priority at Inverness conference

The Highlands declared as the Scottish Liberal Democrats priority at Inverness conference

The Highlands declared as the Scottish Liberal Democrats priority at Inverness conference

Highland Council stats reveal ‘violent incidents’ in schools rose 150 per cent last session

Highland Council stats reveal ‘violent incidents’ in schools rose 150 per cent last session

Lib Dems name Kate Forbes’ 2026 challenger – Highland councillor Andrew Baxter

Lib Dems name Kate Forbes’ 2026 challenger – Highland councillor Andrew Baxter

Report by Highland Lib Dem MP Angus MacDonald exposes Highland care sector crisis as he calls for £60m rescue package

Report by Highland Lib Dem MP Angus MacDonald exposes Highland care sector crisis as he calls for £60m rescue package

Veteran Highland councillor in shock resignation

Veteran Highland councillor in shock resignation

Highland councillor objects to proposed 21.7 per cent pay hike saying ‘they are not reading the room’

Highland councillor objects to proposed 21.7 per cent pay hike saying ‘they are not reading the room’

Highland Councillors set to get inflation busting 21% pay hike adding around £500k to the wage bill

Highland Councillors set to get inflation busting 21% pay hike adding around £500k to the wage bill

MSP Fergus Ewing: ‘The SNP just is no longer the party for all of Scotland, as it has been for most of my 50 years as a member’

MSP Fergus Ewing: ‘The SNP just is no longer the party for all of Scotland, as it has been for most of my 50 years as a member’

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