islands

MSP encourages people to apply for vital welfare support

Highlands and Islands MSP Emma Roddick has expressed her delight in regards to vital funding support that will be available…

4 years ago

Emma Roddick questions Scottish Government on depopulation

Emma Roddick has quizzed the Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Kate Forbes, on how her new Scottish Budget will address depopulation…

4 years ago

SNP MSP urges constituents to respond to National Planning Framework consultation

SNP MSP Emma Roddick has urged residents of the Highlands and Islands to respond to the ongoing consultation on the…

4 years ago

Higher pay in Shetland puts £13.6 million into local economy

Emma Roddick MSP SNP MSP Emma Roddick has welcomed the news that teachers in Shetland are paid £1,350-a-year more than the UK average teaching salary. UK government figures…

4 years ago

Roddick: ‘Boris bridge’ money should pay for Shetland’s fixed links

SNP MSP Emma Roddick has called on the Tory UK Government to make good on the money Scotland and Northern…

4 years ago

Local MSP pushes for inter-island ferry fares to be included in free bus travel

Emma Roddick MSP Highlands and Islands MSP Emma Roddick has expressed her support for including inter-island ferry fares in the…

4 years ago

Roddick presses finance minister about Orkney Interconnector

https://twitter.com/Emma_Roddick/status/1458466941014790148?s=20 Highlands and Islands MSP Emma Roddick has pressed Tom Arthur, Minister for Public Finance, Planning and Community Wealth, for…

4 years ago

Roddick backs extra funding for social housing providers in the islands

Emma in Parliament delivering a speech Speaking in the Scottish Parliament on Thursday 28th October, Highlands and Islands MSP Emma…

4 years ago

“UK budget leaves the Highlands and Islands short-changed and families worse-off”, says MSP

SNP MSP Emma Roddick today slammed the UK Government budget, criticising it as “an act of class warfare on the…

4 years ago

Emma Roddick MSP “delighted” with positive developments regarding the future of Highland and Islands airports

Emma Roddick MSP is pleased with the announcement made today, the 25th of October, regarding a ‘Framework for discussion’ being…

4 years ago