Councillor Helen Crawford, Aird & Loch Ness Ward, takes pylon fight to Westminster Tuesday, 21 October, 2025 Councillor Helen Crawford took the pylon fight to London on Tuesday for a Westminster Hall debate on the ‘Impact of electricity infrastructure on rural communities.’ Secured by John Lamont, MP for Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk, the debate considered the impact of electricity infrastructure on rural communities across Scotland. John paid tribute to Councillor Helen Crawford, who was in the... Holyrood NewsLocal NewsWestminster News
MSP urges public to provide feedback to fly-tipping bill 1st March 2022 Highlands and Islands MSP Donald Cameron is urging local people to respond to proposals to introduce legislation designed to tackle fly-tipping. Mr Cameron said... Holyrood News
Holyrood welcome for Skye affordable housing project 1st March 2022 Highlands and Islands MSP Jamie Halcro Johnston has welcomed the completion of a new affordable housing project on Skye. The project, which is located at... Holyrood News
Comment on the scheduled visit of Russian oil tanker NS Champion to Orkney 27th February 2022 Commenting on the planned visit of the Russian state-owned oil tanker to Scapa Flow , Highlands and Islands MSP Jamie Halcro Johnston said : “Putin’s invasion... Local News
Edward Mountain MSP backs Opportunity Cromarty Firth’s bid for green freeport status 24th February 2022 Highlands and Islands MSP, Edward Mountain is backing the Opportunity Cromarty Firth consortium’s proposals to attain green freeport status, following the UK... Local News
'Damning' Audit Scotland report exposes SNP failures in Scotland's NHS 24th February 2022 The First Minister today defended her government's record despite a “damning” Audit Scotland report on the state of Scotland’s NHS. At FMQs, Douglas Ross... Holyrood News
Halcro Johnston urges councils to rule-out new car park tax 24th February 2022 Highlands and Islands MSP Jamie Halcro Johnston is urging councils in his region to rule-out introducing a car park tax. Mr Halcro Johnston, who is Shadow... Holyrood News
Cameron urges SNP to reverse policy on oil and gas 23rd February 2022 Highlands and Islands MSP Donald Cameron is urging the SNP Government to reverse its policy of scrapping Scotland’s oil and gas industry. The Scottish... Holyrood News
Douglas Ross reacts to First Minister's Covid statement 22nd February 2022 Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross said: “I welcome the First Minister’s decision to move away from blanket legal restrictions towards an approach based... Holyrood News
Welcome for Orkney shellfish funding 22nd February 2022 Highlands and Islands MSP Jamie Halcro Johnston has welcomed news that Orkney is to be included among eight new projects supporting sustainable fishing and... Local News
UK economic growth continues – record numbers are in full time work 16th September 2019 New figures show that the UK economy continues to grow and wages continue to rise. With more people in full-time jobs than ever before, more people have the... National News
Labour’s Brexit Policy is just chaos and indecision 12th September 2019 Jeremy Corbyn has been calling for a general election for years. Yet he now can’t decide if he wants a general election or not. All we can be sure about is that... National News
How a Conservative immigration policy attracts the best and brightest 11th September 2019 The Prime Minister has announced plans to help the best and brightest international students start careers in the UK.We’re changing our immigration rules – so... National News
How we're funding our vital public services 4th September 2019 Labour left behind a bankrupt Britain. But we came together as a country to fix it. And thanks to the hard work of the British people, we can now turn the page... National News
We’re giving a £14 billion cash boost to schools across the UK 1st September 2019 The Prime Minister has announced that we are investing an extra £14 billion in schools. National News
We’re injecting £1.8 billion more into our hospitals 5th August 2019 As part the Conservatives’ healthcare policy commitment to strengthening our NHS, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced a £1.8 billion cash injection to... National News