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Shadow Health Secretary says housebound must receive vaccine jabs

The Shadow Health Secretary, Donald Cameron, has said that much more must be done to ensure that vulnerable housebound people receive Covid vaccinations. Mr Cameron said that he shared growing concern among GPs that the Scottish Government’s focus on mass vaccination centres was leading t

Call for SNP to U-turn on newspaper rates relief

Speaking ahead of tomorrow’s Scottish Conservative debate in Holyrood on newspaper rates relief, Highlands and Islands MSP Jamie Halcro Johnston has called on SNP ministers to reverse their decision to scrap business rates relief for the sector or risk the survival of some local titles. M

MSP to question Nicola Sturgeon on future of A9 and A96 dualling

A Highlands and Islands MSP is demanding answers from the Scottish Government after it was reported that the planned dualling of the A9 and A96 trunk roads could be delayed for years, with some speculation that the two projects have been effectively shelved. Doubt was cast over Scottish ministers’

​​​​​​​Plea for B&B funding support

A Highlands and Islands MSP has written to Finance Secretary Kate Forbes asking her to reconsider the Scottish Government decision to exclude many local B&Bs and self-catering businesses from top-up grants worth £6,000. Scottish Conservative MSP Donald Cameron said that he had been contact

Anger at failure to restore Moray maternity services

Highlands and Islands MSP Jamie Halcro Johnston has hit out over the lack of progress in restoring local maternity services in Moray. Speaking as severe winter weather made roads across the county treacherous, the Scottish Conservative MSP said it was unacceptable that so many mums-to-be from

SNP must U-turn on newspaper rates relief – Cameron

Highlands and Islands MSP Donald Cameron has called on SNP Finance Secretary Kate Forbes to perform a U-turn and reverse her decision to scrap business rates relief for the newspaper industry at the end of next month. The Scottish Conservative MSP said: “I've been very impressed at how our loc

MSP highlights impact of heart disease across Highlands and Islands

Scottish Conservative MSP Jamie Halcro Johnston has called for efforts to combat heart and circulatory disease to be given greater priority in the future, The condition affects 68,000 people across the Highlands and Islands, and the British Heart Foundation has raised concerns that, while the