Comhairle members were given information on the Anti-poverty and Local Child Poverty Strategy at yesterday’s (Wednesday) meeting of the Education, Sport and Children’s Services Committee.
Business Secretary Greg Clark MP has agreed to look at concerns raised by Western Isles MP Angus MacNeil regarding the position of Ofgem on plans for an interconnector for the Hebrides.
Highlands and Islands Labour MSP Rhoda Grant has stepped in to defend air traffic controllers after it was announced that more strike action would take place on Wednesday 12th June and in light of recent criticisms in the media.
A Western Isles councillor who recently flew off on an expenses-paid ‘fact-finding mission’ to the Faroe Islands is still paying off a debt of more than £14,000 in council tax – which has been on the books for at least two years.
The European Elections have delivered a body blow to the Conservative and Labour Parties nationally thanks to their confused political message and the efforts of the Brexit Party.
The Western Isles has backed the SNP in the European Elections, as the party emerged with 3,606 votes from the 8,244 cast in the Islands, turnout was 39 per cent of the electorate.
Brexit hovers in the background and the public may be called on to finally decide our future relationship with the European Union in another referendum on Brexit.
Encouraging the public to engage in politics is an ongoing battle and even when engagement is secured there seems to be a divide between the sexes, with men far more likely than women to answer the call to political office.
A new era for Balivanich is taking a step forward with the news that Comhairle nan Eilean Siar is set to prioritise the Balivanich Regeneration Project under the Town Centre Fund.
An attempt to review the future use of Sandwickhill School and possibly return it to the school estate as a primary school was thrown out by the Comhairle at the Education Committee on Tuesday April 30th.
Western Isles MSP Alasdair Allan has raised the issue of the recent technical issues affecting the MV Isle of Lewis with Minister for the Islands Paul Wheelhouse MSP.
Stornoway will provide the backdrop for the Islands first ever pro-Scottish Independence march this Saturday and local SNP MSP Alasdair Allan is looking forward to taking part.
A new block of flats, which will provide 12 new homes, was officially opened by Aileen Campbell, Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Local Government during her visit to Stornoway at the end of last week.
