Politics

Douglas Ross has confirmed he will not be a candidate at next year’s Scottish Parliament election.

A Scottish Government has been slammed for his “tone deaf” response to dealing with Moray’s seagull problem.

The number of people purchasing rail tickets from stations in Inverness, Nairn and Elgin has declined in the past year according to recent figures.

The Scottish Government is to be urged to do more to help local councils tackle the scourge of seagulls.

Just seven people a day, on average, weighed in on plans to scrap A96 dualling - until an eight-fold surge in responses during the final two weeks.

The former defence secretary was welcomed to a Moray town last weekend during her visit to the region.

Highland MPs have welcomed a decision not to change the definition of English single malt whisky after a heated debate on its impact on Scotch.

More than 19,000 responses were received over proposals to cut the speed limit from 60mph to 50mph - the biggest response to Transport Scotland ever.

Ariane Burgess MSP has called on the measure introduced by her party in 2022 to continue.

Local authorities such as Moray Council are being called upon to review ASL provision processes.

Moray Council’s budget has been welcomed by a trade union group for protecting jobs and public services.

Highland and Moray MPs are urging Westminster to scrap plans to grant GI status to English whisky as they fear it will hit Scotch whisky’s reputation.

Moray households could be paying £400 more in council tax in three years time, under plans agreed today.

Council tax bills are set to rise by up to £350 next year, under plans revealed in new budget documents.

Moray Council’s Leader has admitted her 40 per cent pay rise “looks like a huge increase”, but new Scottish Government rules were now “much fairer”.

That’s the fear after Police Scotland’s chief warned the force will need to review officer recruitment to meet rising National Insurance costs.

Moray’s Council Leader has received a £15,000 pay rise through new Scottish Government rules.

Moray Council have revealed a raft of service charge and policy changes in advance of this year’s budget.

Kathleen Robertson ‘very confident’ about upcoming budget.

Health campaigners have submitted two official complaints about a councillor after an investigation cleared her of rule-breaking.