Politics

Lib Dem candidate David Green says he is not hopeful the government will fix ‘its broken relationship with rural Scotland.’

In less than two years Scotland has had three Prime Ministers and will get its third First Minister – without a vote.

Kate Forbes says the SNP must ‘rewin trust’ but is change possible for a party after 17 years in power?

She says ‘the best way to deliver the urgent change Scotland needs is to join with John Swinney’.

With not a single rural MSP in the Scottish cabinet since Humza Yousaf came to power, we have been forgotten, says our columnist.

Holyrood Notebook by Rhoda Grant

The plans are aimed at dealing with at least 12 school and spending millions more on much needed road repairs.

Humza Yousaf’s resignation as First Minister is a consequence of the “disarray and lack of focus” at the heart of the SNP, Jamie Stone has said.

While colleagues rallied after Humza Yousaf’s resignation, opposition politicians have been quick to recount what they see as his failures in office.

Far north MSP Maree Todd ‘saddened’ by events as Kate Forbes is described elsewhere as ‘the best person who can lead Scotland’.

The former First Minister’s frequent visits to the north after a period when the Highlands did not feature in national politics

Mr Yousaf was facing two motions of no confidence and the likelihood of being forced from office if he chose to stay.

Kate Forbes is a favourite to succeed him after Douglas Ross demanded he step down.

A space industry convention for young people should be funded by the UK government and held in the far north, Jamie Stone said.

A fuel poverty scheme introduced nine years ago has helped just over two per cent of households across the Highlands, according to MP Jamie Stone.

A Wick youngster who has previously been the chair of the Highland Youth Parliament has been elected to represent the far north again.

The Conservative and Labour leaders are spearheading efforts to topple the First Minister who vowed to ‘fight on’.

Jamie Stone is urging the UK government to step up its efforts over internet fraud by putting more pressure on social media companies.

Local MSPs are mostly welcoming Humza Yousaf’s decision to ditch the SNP-Green Scottish Government partnership as a positive for the Highlands.

Pressure was mounting on the First Minister to ditch his coalition partners from backbench MSPs like Fergus Ewing and Kate Forbes.