This wasn’t what we’d planned to cover tonight but, after consultation with Sandy Longmuir of the Scottish Rural Schools Network – Continue reading
Tag Archives: cuts
Scotland and the Spending Review
(And some interesting news for Argyll.) In an authoritative and detailed performance Continue reading
Was there ‘a review’? Was it ‘strategic’? What ‘defence’ was at issue?
One national newspaper yesterday quoted a description given by a senior witness to the inner negotiations Continue reading
Council tax, rural schools and coalitions
At the point where the assumption was that Council Tax in Scotland Continue reading
Argyll and Bute Council one of only two in the black
Of the 31 Scottish local authorities who revealed their balance sheets Continue reading
The squeals of the haves: the music of the spheres
The Prime Minister, with right on his side, has been looking decidedly flustered Continue reading
Mull contractor starts redundancy programme as Mull and Iona Progressive Care Unit stalls
With the uncertainty over the volume and target of the coming financial cuts Continue reading
Council gives Tesco planning go-ahead for new Campbeltown store
Argyll and Bute Council have given permission to Tesco to build a new and large Continue reading
Scotland, the defence establishment, the MoD, budgets and a poker game
The political poker game over the defence establishment, defence spending, budget cuts and Scotland Continue reading
Final version of Argyll First’s first motion to Council
The new political group in Argyll and Bute Council, Argyll First, has finalised Continue reading