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Confirmed: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announces a General Election for July 4

22 May 2024
Confirmed: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announces a General Election for July 4

Confirmed: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announces a General Election for July 4

22 May 2024

He says ‘now is the moment for Britain to choose its future’ as opinion polls favour a Labour victory in the next 43 days of campaigning.


General Election 2024: Your new Highland constituencies and who is running to become your MP

22 May 2024
General Election 2024: Your new Highland constituencies and who is running to become your MP

General Election 2024: Your new Highland constituencies and who is running to become your MP

22 May 2024

As Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is meeting the cabinet amid mounting talk in Westminster that he is about to call an election.


Exclusive Alistair Campbell interview on the 2024 General Election: The UK is ‘desperate for change’

20 May 2024
Exclusive Alistair Campbell interview on the 2024 General Election: The UK is ‘desperate for change’

Exclusive Alistair Campbell interview on the 2024 General Election: The UK is ‘desperate for change’

20 May 2024

He says ‘I can't think of anything in Britain that has really improved. I can't think of a single thing’ but ‘I'm hopeful of change’.


‘All to play for’ - Jamie Stone pushes Dounreay as the site for Scottish nuclear generation after surprise revelation

17 May 2024
‘All to play for’ - Jamie Stone pushes Dounreay as the site for Scottish nuclear generation after surprise revelation

‘All to play for’ - Jamie Stone pushes Dounreay as the site for Scottish nuclear generation after surprise revelation

17 May 2024

Scottish Secretary Alister Jack confirmed that the UK government is planning a nuclear site north of the border.


Alba Party announces Steve Chisholm as Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross candidate

17 May 2024
Alba Party announces Steve Chisholm as Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross candidate

Alba Party announces Steve Chisholm as Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross candidate

17 May 2024

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


Watchdog says Highland Council has the largest budget gap in Scotland this year

15 May 2024
Watchdog says Highland Council has the largest budget gap in Scotland this year

Watchdog says Highland Council has the largest budget gap in Scotland this year

15 May 2024

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


John Swinney breaks ground at ‘nationally significant’ Ardersier site lining up hundreds of jobs

13 May 2024
John Swinney breaks ground at ‘nationally significant’ Ardersier site lining up hundreds of jobs

John Swinney breaks ground at ‘nationally significant’ Ardersier site lining up hundreds of jobs

13 May 2024

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


Port of Ardersier owners Haventus secures £100 million investment

13 May 2024
Port of Ardersier owners Haventus secures £100 million investment

Port of Ardersier owners Haventus secures £100 million investment

13 May 2024

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


COMMENT: ‘A change in SNP leader will do nothing more than put icing on a burnt cake’

03 May 2024
COMMENT: ‘A change in SNP leader will do nothing more than put icing on a burnt cake’

COMMENT: ‘A change in SNP leader will do nothing more than put icing on a burnt cake’

03 May 2024

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


The Forbes-Swinney partnership is a good move for the SNP but should there be an election?

02 May 2024
The Forbes-Swinney partnership is a good move for the SNP but should there be an election?

The Forbes-Swinney partnership is a good move for the SNP but should there be an election?

02 May 2024

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


What could John Swinney and Kate Forbes working together mean for the Highlands?

02 May 2024
What could John Swinney and Kate Forbes working together mean for the Highlands?

What could John Swinney and Kate Forbes working together mean for the Highlands?

02 May 2024

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


BREAKING: Kate Forbes will NOT run to be First Minister, instead she backs John Swinney

02 May 2024
BREAKING: Kate Forbes will NOT run to be First Minister, instead she backs John Swinney

BREAKING: Kate Forbes will NOT run to be First Minister, instead she backs John Swinney

02 May 2024

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


Highland Council appoints three familiar faces to top jobs in management shake-up

30 April 2024
Highland Council appoints three familiar faces to top jobs in management shake-up

Highland Council appoints three familiar faces to top jobs in management shake-up

30 April 2024

Malcolm MacLeod, Kate Lackie and Allan Gunn are made assistant chief executives at the local authority.


Highland Council announces £2 BILLION schools and roads investment programme

30 April 2024
Highland Council announces £2 BILLION schools and roads investment programme

Highland Council announces £2 BILLION schools and roads investment programme

30 April 2024

The plans are aimed at dealing with at least 12 school and spending millions more on much needed road repairs.


BREAKING: Humza Yousaf resigns as First Minister after 13 months

29 April 2024
BREAKING: Humza Yousaf resigns as First Minister after 13 months

BREAKING: Humza Yousaf resigns as First Minister after 13 months

29 April 2024

Mr Yousaf said was facing two motions of no confidence and the likelihood of being forced from office if he chose to stay.


Humza Yousaf reportedly set to resign as Highland MSPs take centre stage

29 April 2024
Humza Yousaf reportedly set to resign as Highland MSPs take centre stage

Humza Yousaf reportedly set to resign as Highland MSPs take centre stage

29 April 2024

Kate Forbes is a favourite to succeed him after Douglas Ross demanded he step down.


Humza Yousaf and the Highlands: if he goes what will be the impact?

27 April 2024
Humza Yousaf and the Highlands: if he goes what will be the impact?

Humza Yousaf and the Highlands: if he goes what will be the impact?

27 April 2024

The First Minister made numerous visits to the region to reach out to locals after the Sturgeon years.


Douglas Ross says that Humza Yousaf ‘knows he’s finished’

26 April 2024
Douglas Ross says that Humza Yousaf ‘knows he’s finished’

Douglas Ross says that Humza Yousaf ‘knows he’s finished’

26 April 2024

The Conservative and Labour leaders are spearheading efforts to topple the First Minister who vowed to ‘fight on’.


Academy Street revamp is ‘poor’ value for money and city centre could take ‘decades’ to recover

26 April 2024
Academy Street revamp is ‘poor’ value for money and city centre could take ‘decades’ to recover

Academy Street revamp is ‘poor’ value for money and city centre could take ‘decades’ to recover

26 April 2024

Calls are being made for Highland Council to scrap the plan after the results of the economic impact assessment.


Highland MSP launches vote of no confidence in Humza Yousaf as SNP-Greens coalition implodes

25 April 2024
Highland MSP launches vote of no confidence in Humza Yousaf as SNP-Greens coalition implodes

Highland MSP launches vote of no confidence in Humza Yousaf as SNP-Greens coalition implodes

25 April 2024

Pressure was mounting on the First Minister to ditch his coalition partners from backbench MSPs like Fergus Ewing and Kate Forbes.


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