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Argyll hopes with Kyles Athletic in shinty’s 2011 MacAulay Cup clash between two historically successful teams
Tomorrow, Saturday 20th August, Kyles Athletic carry the flag for Argyll Continue reading
Record breaking year for white-tailed sea eagles
2010 has been a record-breaking year for the UK’s largest bird of the prey, Continue reading
BBC Radio Scotland: programme on Black Watch in Afghanistan
At 11.30am on Monday 26th April, BBC Radio Scotland is airing a programme: Continue reading
Dubai World asset sale includes Inchcape Shipping Services of Campbeltown origin
Istithmarh, the investment wing of £14BN debt-laden Dubai World, Continue reading
On the Maersk raft in Loch Striven
Young Highland cows go about their own business as Maersk makes history by inviting, for the first time, Continue reading
McGrigor puts Inveraray & District Pipe Band on the record
Stuart McMillan MSP, put down a Scottish parliamentary motion Continue reading
Check if and when Alan Reid MP signs the Westminster Parliamentary Motion to save the Post Office from part privatisation
Share the fun. Alan Reid, Argyll’s MP, has been saying one thing and failing to do another. He’s been saying – at Argyll Post Offices, that he supports them in their opposition to the UK Government’s proposal to part-privatise the Royal Mail. But he has not – yet, made his opposition clear where it really counts – at Westminster.
Labour MP, Geraldine Smith, tabled an Early Day Motion (EDM) formally opposing these plans. She tabled it on 13th January 2009. It has now been signed by 174 MPs – but not by Alan Reid. Whyever not?
We’re keeping an eye on the Parliamentary record to see if and when Mr Reid walks the talk. You might like to do the same – here’s the link to the specific page on the UK Parliament website.
Record funding for affordable housing in Argyll for 2010 – but it’s only 3.8%
A record £24.6 million will be invested in affordable housing across Argyll and Bute over the next year.
The funding, announced today by the Minister for Housing and Communities Alex Neil, will enable work to begin on new and improved homes for rent or low-cost ownership in the area.
It is the second year of the £1.5 billion programme announced in 2008 to provide 21,500 new or improved affordable homes across Scotland by 2011.
Announcing the new funding, Mr Neil, said: ‘The budget of £24.6 million pounds represents a record level of funding for Argyll and Bute. This will make a huge difference for many people and their families in the area to get decent homes that they can afford.
‘These are hard times for businesses and families across Scotland and this government is working hard to meet this challenge, refocus activity and ensure Scotland gets through the economic downturn in the strongest possible position’.
Examples of areas in Argyll and Bute – and there are others – which will benefit from funding this year include:
- 52 homes for affordable rent and low cost ownership by Argyll Community Housing Association (ACHA) in Campbeltown
- 57 homes for affordable rent by West Highland Housing Association (WHHA) in the Glenshellach area of Oban
A sharp insight into this investment comes from setting the spend for Argyll against the Scottish Government’s total planned spend of £644 million on affordable housing in 2010. Argyll is getting 3.8% of this.
For Scotland’s second biggest Lcoal Authority area with Scotland’s third most dispersed population – and an ageing one at that, this is not serious support for the badly needed social and economic devvelopment in Argyll.