Scott Maclennan

As top bosses from local police, council and NHS are likely to contribute.

It includes plans for more bus lanes, services, routes, and cheaper fares.

It comes amid concern about the role of Women’s Aid and the review of refuges across the region.

The Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch MSP takes-up presiding officer’s offer to make the Scottish Parliament more impactful.

Officials maintain mistakes are statistically small at just 0.11% of all staff costs.

As a senior boss says managers have ‘failed to inform payroll timeously’ of departing employees.

Improved bus services, timetables and ticketing are at the heart of the plan.

Some patients must count their waits in years as health board says it needs to ‘improve our performance’.

A decade on from the Caithness downgrade will it change anything amid campaigners doubts?

A pay uplift and rising costs saw claims and salaries spike by more than £376k in the last year.