Last Thursday the SNP and Independent Administration of Highland Council tabled their budget proposals for 2023/24.
Opposition councillors had not been consulted on their plans and were given just a week to study the 180 page document and try and identify which groups and services would be mo
The sudden demise of Nicola Sturgeon's political career has been a matter of celebration for many Scots, one long overdue, but the sad reality is that the country she leaves behind her and her near-decade of incompetent misrule will take a generation to recover.
There are few areas of Scottish life
The Prime Minister Rishi Sunak arrived in Inverness to announce that the UK Government had worked with the Scottish Government on two new freeports for Scotland.
The ‘port of opportunities’ is how Highland Conservatives are describing Cromarty Firth’s successful bid for Green Freeport status, formally announced today by The Prime Minister on a visit to the region.
Highlands and Islands MSP, Edward Mountain and Leader of the Highland Conservative Group, Cllr
After months of discussion, and after Highland Council had tried to get approval for a nonsensical suggestion, the Council has finally seen sense and approved the Raigmore Bus Gate solution proposed by Scottish Conservative Cllr Isabelle MacKenzie.
Commenting about the decision, Isabelle said:
"I
Cllr Isabelle MacKenzie, one of the Scottish Conservative Inverness councillors, has been very proactive since being nominated as a Highland Older People's Champion in August. Heavily involved with the Highland Senior Citizens Network (HSCN) - its latest newsletter is at the link - Isabelle is
Highlands and Islands MSP Edward Mountain has slammed the SNP’s continued failures in education in Highland Council, following the publication of the National Improvement Framework report which shows a decline in standards in literacy, reading, writing and listening and talking since a previous repo
