Politics

Perhaps it’s time in Scotland for the main parties to come together to work together on the very difficult problems now facing us.

Child poverty rates in the Highlands remain unacceptably high, says an MSP as a children’s charity prepares to open a new building in the region.

Our columnist Colin Campbell meets our MP Angus MacDonald.

The administration argues the rise is needed to fund maintenance, repairs, and debt.

Nairnshire councillors agreed to a proposed rent increase for garage units 2025/26, which are set to go up by 20 per cent.

An SNP MP representing a key whisky-producing area has secured a Westminster debate on Government support for the Scotch Whisky industry.

A proposal to merge Nairn’s two community councils into one has divided opinion in the community.

The response cites ‘significant length of national speed limit road network and remoteness’ of the area.

The meeting will decide whether to cut council house rent rises from 8% to 6% at the expense of measures to save tenants money on heating bills.

Tourism levy plans are “genuinely scaring small businesses”, a Highland MSP has warned.

Councillors questioned whether a draft three-year plan to implement the changes was “achievable”.

Those of us who are at a fairly advanced age are liable to take much more interest in the assisted dying issue than younger folk, says our columnist.

A petitions committee hearing accepted calls for an inquiry into how public bodies ‘mishandle’ such concerns.

Just 500 responses to the Scottish Government’s new consultation on scrapping full A96 dualling have been received.

Calls have been made to invest in public transport instead of fully dualling the A96.

A Highland MSP has reaffirmed her support for a tax to be imposed on motorhome visitors to the area.

Vaccinations in the Highlands are set to partially return to be delivered from GP practices, it has been announced.

Improving marks still fail to top 50% of people approving of the local authority’s job performance.

Local SNP MP Graham Leadbetter has admitted that he uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) to help write his speeches.

A timeline for dualling of the A96 between Inverness and Nairn will take at least a year to be published, it has been revealed.