Politics

Banffshire and Buchan Coast MSP Karen Adam's latest column highlights the potential for coastal communities.

A MP said the Scottish Government is ignoring internet problems across Banff and Buchan after snubbing the area for its latest round of broadband.

Concerns have been raised that subsidised flights between Wick and Aberdeen could be under threat next year when the funding is reviewed.

MSP Tess White this week warned First Minister Humza Yousaf that the north-east faces an exodus of dentists from the NHS.

Funding which will allow additional doctor posts to be created next year has been welcomed.

NFU Scotland is looking to UK and Scottish Governments for food labelling changes to underpin the nation’s food security.

MP David Duguid has welcomed the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement which he says will unlock unprecedented benefits for the north-east.

GP practices returning contracts to NHS Grampian have prompted concerns over patient care and lost value for money.

In her latest column, MSP Gillian Martin discusses Welfare Fund Payments, Community Care Grants and Crisis Grants.

Support from the Scottish Welfare Fund to support people in the north-east has been welcomed.

Businesses in the north-east have been urged to see if their unresolved banking disputes can be tackled by service.

MP Richard Thomson's latest column looks at the appointment of the new Foreign Secretary.

A North East MSP has warned that the Scottish Government’s “reckless” new short-term lets scheme is hammering the region's tourism sector.

MP Richard Thomson has urged the UK Government to rule out any further duty increase on Scotch whisky to protect the long-term future of the industry.

The latest column from MP David Duguid welcomes the announcement of a new Offshore Petroleum Licensing Bill in the King's Speech.

An MSP has urged the Government to lift the alcohol ban on ScotRail trains amid calls from transport bodies that the rule is unworkable.

Questions raised in Holyrood have left no clear answers over the future of a response trial carried out by police in the north-east.

Details of a proposed Scottish tax aiming to encourage the use of recycled materials in construction and other industries have been published.

MORAY MP Douglas Ross has welcomed a “positive and constructive” meeting with Chancellor Jeremy Hunt ahead of this month’s Autumn Statement.

DEALING with worker shortages, depopulation and migration form the centrepiece of a new Scottish Government paper.