She tells SNP members in Inverness 'we need to decentralise power further but real empowerment'
She tells SNP members in Inverness 'we need to decentralise power further but real empowerment'
Badly needed new burial grounds are seens as unaffordable amid a 5% funeral cost hike
Lib Dem leader Alasdair Christie says current funding is 'woefully inadequate'
Highland News & Media offered to arrange the event amid the race to become First Minister
If new funding allocations are agreed worst-hit areas would get more cash
The SNP leadership candidate made the announcement at Cairngorm Brewery
Jenny Gilruth says 'it should have been done by now and it will be done'
Move comes amid £54 million deficit and cost-of-living crisis
This year's toll already surpasses the five year average for deaths
Amid an online backlash over gay marriage comments she says sought 'to be honest and open'
Maree Todd has backed her boss, health secretary Humza Yousaf, to become the next SNP leader and Scotland’s First Minister.
She says she bears 'absolutely no' animus to same sex couples and she would not change the law on terminations
She says 'we need to choose strong, competent leadership to deliver independence'
They argue her focus on independence short-changed Scotland
She praised Sturgeon saying 'I have learnt much from her'
She was described as 'committed, compassionate, humble and wise'
Nicola Sturgeon denied her departure was 'a reaction to short-term pressures'
Reports claim the First Minister is to resign in the next hour
Reports suggest an announcement is due in Edinburgh shortly
