Labour’s Rhoda Grant MSP and David Stewart MSP have assured constituents in the Highlands and Islands that they can still be contacted by mail or over the phone, despite regional offices remaining closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The COVID-19 impact is compounded by the region’s vulnerability to Brexit – five of the six most vulnerable local authority areas to Brexit are in the Highlands and Islands
“Our intention is to contribute to a thriving rural Scotland by helping communities to increase their populations in demographically sustainable ways.”
“This is a central issue because losing local GPs and replacing them with a range of other practitioners is both expensive for the NHS and deeply unsatisfying for patients.”
“Money cannot mitigate the destruction of natural habitat. “
Orkney Islands Council wished to keep ‘the money in Orkney and put it back into the local economy’.
“I hope that their example will encourage other businesses in the Highlands and Islands to consider the model
“Public money should not be used to support the design, manufacture and sale of arms.”
“this fund will help continue to build the right environment to develop more new ideas”
“I am particularly supportive of the recommendation for a region-wide strategic approach to the issue and I hope this can be brought forward as soon as possible.”
