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UK Shared Prosperity Fund welcomed

Highlands and Islands MSP Jamie Halcro Johnston has welcomed the UK Government’s outline of the new UK Shared Prosperity Fund, which will support local priorities across the region from this year. Communities across the UK will benefit from a £2.6 billion funding allocation from now until

Edward Mountain MSP comments on stretched care home services in NHS Highland

Following an NHS Highland report which found stretched home care services for vulnerable people in the Highlands are not meeting legally required standards, Edward Mountain MSP said: “I have long-called for home care provision to be enhanced in NHS Highland and this new report underlines

SNP’s anti-nuclear stance will cost Scotland hundreds of jobs – Cameron

Highlands and Islands MSP Donald Cameron has said that the SNP’s “outdated” rejection of nuclear power is a blow against attempts to achieve net-zero and could cost Scotland hundreds of jobs. The Scottish Conservative MSP commented after the UK Government committed to investing in a new genera

Edward Mountain MSP backs calls for a new generation of nuclear power stations

Highlands and Islands MSP, Edward Mountain backs calls for a new generation of nuclear power stations. Edward Mountain’s call comes after the Scottish Conservatives announced the policy to coincide with their conference in Aberdeen last weekend. Edward Mountain says that Caithness should be at the

Moray maternity plans “do not go far enough”

Humza Yousaf’s long-awaited plans to restore consultant-led maternity services in Moray “simply do not go far enough”, the Scottish Conservatives have said. Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross, who is also a Highlands and Islands MSP, challenged the SNP Health Secretary in Parliament over his

Wearing facemasks should be up to the public

The Scottish Conservatives have said it should be up to the public to decide whether or not to wear a facemask, after the SNP Government again extended the legal requirement for them to be worn in certain public settings. In her Covid update to parliament today, the First Minister announced that th