Cost of Living

A key Scottish Government advisory group has taken soundings in the Inverness area from those at the sharp end of the struggle against fuel poverty.

A bike jumble sale and clothing swap will take place in Inverness over the next few weekends.

A vision of creating a publicly-owned energy company to tackle Highland fuel costs and poverty will be discussed in Inverness early next month.

People should be kept warm this winter, but when it comes to political heat, I’ll be applying this to the UK government, says our columnist.

A three-day walkout of school staff across the Highlands later this month looks set to go ahead after UNISON rejected a revised pay offer.

A revised pay offer has been made to striking school staff just a fortnight before the next walkout, with a union set to meet tomorrow to discuss it.

A lack of properties available at affordable rents in Highlands and Islands is putting people at greater risk of homelessness.

A community-run cafe tackling food poverty and social isolation in Inverness is to open a second venture in the city tomorrow.

A team of researchers led by The James Hutton Institute in Aberdeen is hunting for volunteers to help investigate what helps or hinders rural life.

THE cost-of-living crisis' impact on the lives of Highland women was explored when an MP invited residents to share their lived experiences of it.

He hosted another roundtable with local agencies to sound out possible solutions

Fuel poverty rates have doubled among pensioners in Scotland over the last two years according to new research from Age Scotland.

A STITCH in time saves nine – and a new repair workshop in an Inverness clothes shop is hoping to encourage Highlanders to take that adage to heart.

The new initiative aims to provide new school shoes for children.

People living in rural and remote parts of Scotland are being invited to give their experiences of the rising cost of living to a public inquiry.

In one corner of Cafe 1668 in Inverness, a family joins in a traditional game while at another table a youngster is engrossed in making a bracelet.

The housing crisis in Inverness and the Highlands is putting vulnerable at risk of being made homeless and forcing them in run-down buildings.

An Inverness mum has told her story after being left without a home.

The Inverness rental market is experiencing ‘unprecedented supply and demand issues' with record numbers of applications for properties.

A community organisation has teamed up with a Highland climate group to provide help with tackling the cost-of-living crisis.