Eagle secures Parliamentary win over calls to axe the Family Farm Tax Thursday, 21 November, 2024 Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Land Reform and Fishing, Tim Eagle MSP, secured a rare Parliamentary victory for the Scottish Conservatives over the UK Labour Government's changes to Agricultural Property Relief and Business Relief. In a Scottish Conservative-led debate, the motion tabled by Tim Eagle secured a majority of votes from other parties to call on the Labour Government to... Local News
Tim Eagle MSP visits London for farmers rally and MP meetings 19th November 2024 Highlands and Islands MSP Tim Eagle visited London to attend the NFU Mass Lobby event and meet with local farmers who were protesting against Labour's changes... Local News
Tim Eagle appointed to Shadow Cabinet role by Russell Findlay 8th October 2024 The new Scottish Conservative leader Russell Findlay has appointed backbench MSP Tim Eagle straight into his new Shadow Cabinet. Mr Eagle will become the new... Local News
Win-Win of Council Tax Freeze AND more Money 15th April 2024 At the first meeting of Argyll and Bute Council since the removal of the cross party TALIG administration (The Argyll Lomond and Isles Group), the council... Local News
New MSP Tim Eagle vows to fight for Highlands and Islands 21st February 2024 New Scottish Conservative Highlands and Islands Regional MSP Tim Eagle has vowed to be a champion for the Highlands and Islands Region in the Scottish... Local News
General Election Candidate Amanda Hampsey Visits Islay 7th February 2024 Last week Scottish Conservative and Unionist General Election candidate, Amanda Hampsey, visited Islay. During her time there and in her Councillor role as... Articles
Argyll and Bute’s lack of charge point provision revealed 23rd January 2024 The provision of publicly available charge points for electric cars in Argyll and Bute has been criticised after it emerged just 13 were commissioned last year... Local News
First Minister puts Council Tax freeze at risk unless he fully funds it 18th January 2024 The process of creating a balanced budget for the council is well underway and in late December, we received notification of our settlement from the Scottish... Local News
Cameron slams SNP over "unacceptably long" CAMHS waiting times 12th January 2024 Highlands and Islands MSP Donald Cameron has slammed the SNP Government for presiding over “appalling” mental health waiting times for children and young people... Local News
A Christmas message from the Provost 20th December 2023 I’m extremely proud to see first-hand, the great community spirit we are lucky to have in Argyll and Bute. From our many volunteers who run community groups to... Local News
How our Bounce Back Loans will boost small businesses affected by coronavirus 28th April 2020 Small businesses will benefit from a new fast-track finance scheme providing loans with a 100% government-backed guarantee for lenders, the Chancellor announced... National News
Boris Johnson: If we keep going, we will beat coronavirus together 27th April 2020 The Prime Minister has returned to Downing Street to lead the country in tackling coronavirus. He lays out the five tests for when we are moving to phase two of... National News
Coronavirus testing available to all essential workers 24th April 2020 All essential workers in England and members of their households who are showing symptoms of coronavirus will now be able to get tested. National News
Our Future Fund for supporting innovative British businesses 21st April 2020 We’re supporting start-ups by delivering £250m of new government funding to innovative businesses across the United Kingdom. National News
Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme has opened for applications 21st April 2020 The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme has opened for applications – and will provide support for millions of businesses and employees across the UK. National News
Why we’re extending the Coronavirus lockdown 17th April 2020 The Government announced that the social distancing measures currently in place to tackle the coronavirus will continue for at least the next three weeks. National News
