Win-Win of Council Tax Freeze AND more Money Monday, 15 April, 2024 At the first meeting of Argyll and Bute Council since the removal of the cross party TALIG administration (The Argyll Lomond and Isles Group), the council agreed to implement a council tax freeze for 2024/2025 following additional resources from the Scottish Government. Conservative Group Leader Cllr Gary Mulvaney, former Depute Leader of the Council said: “Let’s be clear that only by standing up... Local News
Scotland's demographic NHS time bomb 8th August 2017 After projections recently showed the number of pensioners is set to increase by 28 per cent it's high time the SNP started listening to warnings about an... Holyrood News
Swift response to verge cutting 24th July 2017 I was very pleased to see our council's roads department cutting the grass verges across many roads on Islay. Some of these areas particularly near the outlying... Local News
Rural economy starved by incompetence 19th July 2017 After it has been reported that the Scottish Government may escape EU fines over their on going late CAP payments fiasco thanks to UK wide CAP payments arriving... Opinions
Grievances by officers against Police Scotland double in 12 months 9th July 2017 New figures have shown that the number of grievances made by police officers to single force bosses in the last year has doubled. In 2016/17, 29 officers lodged... Opinions
Redman looking for best practice 26th June 2017 Cllr Alasdair Redman travelled to Dumbarton today to take part in a joint valuation exercise with Argyll and Bute Council and West Dumbartonshire Council. While... Local News
Scotland’s farmer payments crisis continues 20th June 2017 A damning report by Audit Scotland has recently revealed Scotland’s farmer payments crisis won’t be sorted until 2018. Audit Scotland also said, "issues in... Local News
Dugdale backs IndyRef2 7th June 2017 MUST WATCH: At last night’s STV debate, the First Minister revealed a private conversation with Kezia Dugdale, in which the Labour leader said her party would... Westminster News
LibDem Open Door for IndyRef2 6th June 2017 Been a wet but productive day in Lochgilphead. Many complaints about the Lib Dems trying to misguide people based on out of date and inaccurate information... Westminster News
Only Gary can beat the SNP 6th June 2017 It was a great day campaigning today, with an interview with BBC Alba and then the hustings. It was evident that unionists aren't supporting the Lib Dems... Westminster News
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