Politics

Alex Salmond says he is ‘delighted’ someone of his business experience is ‘carrying the Alba Party standard in the Highlands at the General Election.’

MSP Emma Roddick has highlighted the need to make sure existing homes are being used as houses, and that people can afford rents and mortgages.

MSP Rhoda Grant stated that the A9 road “north of Inverness must not be forgotten”, as she calls for more safety work to be carried out.

A Highland MSP has called for collective action and shared responsibility to address Scotland’s escalating housing emergency.

Audit Scotland warns ‘it's getting harder for councils to do more with less’ but local authorities could be more transparent.

MSP Màiri McAllan believes the new facility at Port of Nigg has the potential to create hundreds of jobs

The First Minister says it is ‘literally a phenomenal investment in the future of the Highlands’.

First Minister John Swinney says the loan of Scottish and UK public money ‘demonstrates the huge confidence in this new facility.’

Jamie Stone, MP for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, is set to arrange two 'one-stop' support events for senior residents in Wick and Dunbeath.

The names of those who have thrown their hats in the ring have been confirmed.

Green councillors have welcomed Highland Council’s £2 billion investment plan for public services over the next 20 years.

Labour have announced their General Election candidate for the Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross constituency.

She is now surely the most influential political voice to emerge from the Highlands in a generation. But just who is Kate Forbes?

Kate Forbes has been appointed Deputy First Minister by John Swinney, it has been announced.

A Highland MSP says rural communities in the region are facing an “acute housing shortage”.

Failure to bring back a late night train linking Inverness with Ross-shire communities is having an “affect on the city’s night-time economy”.

Lib Dem candidate David Green says he is not hopeful the government will fix ‘its broken relationship with rural Scotland.’

In less than two years Scotland has had three Prime Ministers and will get its third First Minister – without a vote.

Kate Forbes says the SNP must ‘rewin trust’ but is change possible for a party after 17 years in power?

She says ‘the best way to deliver the urgent change Scotland needs is to join with John Swinney’.