Community land ownership in the Highlands is a means to an end – enabling people to stay and attracting new residents – Kate Forbes MSP will say in a keynote address later this week.
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Earlier today (17 June) Kate Forbes MSP was at Urquhart Castle to help to launch a new road safety campaign that will help prevent vehicles driving on the wrong side of Highland roads.
Kate Forbes MSP has appealed for more Highland foster parents and called on Highland Council to radically rethink its foster care arrangements after new figures revealed that the local authority has placed a child with a foster carer over 300 miles from home.
Kate Forbes MSP has praised healthcare campaigners on the Isle of Skye after their long-running petition before a Holyrood committee was closed by MSPs – on account of their fears being alleviated by the ongoing implementation of the Ritchie Report.
Kate Forbes MSP has welcomed over £1m of Scottish Government funding which will help improve tourism infrastructure at Highland hotspots across her Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch constituency.