Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has welcomed news today [Tuesday] that the government is to amend legislation to include Net Zero goals in the remit of energy regulator Ofgem.
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has today reminded islanders who are on prepayment meters and have received Alternative Fuel Payment (AFP) vouchers to use them before they expire.
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has this week questioned the “Gordon Gecko” negotiations between public bodies, and highlighted financial challenges faced by local post offices...
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has pressed ministers this week on the need to revise Ofgem’s mandate to include Net Zero goals.
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has today secured a commitment from the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero to meet and discuss the potential role of Sullom Voe terminal...
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has secured a parliamentary debate on remuneration to sub-postmasters and sub-postmistresses, due to be held on Tuesday 23rd May at 4pm.
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has today urged anyone who may be eligible to receive Pension Credit to check eligibility and apply by Friday...
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has responded to news this afternoon that the Competition and Markets Authority has launched an investigation into record-high food prices in supermarkets.
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has today called for the UK’s genomic databases to be declared critical national infrastructure by the government.
Orkney MSP Liam McArthur today praised those who have worked towards the establishment of Scotland’s first “Bairns’ Hoose” for young victims and witnesses of crimes, and called for work to be done to bring the principles behind it to island settings.
Orkney’s MSP Liam McArthur has joined the campaign to save the beloved Screen Machine, a mobile cinema that has proved hugely popular during visits to Orkney and around the Highlands & Islands over the past 25 years.
During its construction, the Scottish Parliament building attracted more than its fair share of criticism. For all the delays and cost overruns, however, thankfully the project never resorted to using ‘flaky concrete’.
Orkney’s MSP Liam McArthur today told Scottish Ministers that their agenda of equality was being undermined by the divide between different parts of the country, and demanded a “commitment to painstaking delivery” to meet islanders’ needs.
Orkney MSP Liam McArthur has signed an open letter to Scottish ministers calling for a pause to short-term lets legislation, joining 37 MSPs from across the parties.
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has today noted Ofgem’s announcement of a cut to the energy price cap, and called for the regulator to begin looking at geographically differentiated tariffs.
Orkney’s MSP Liam McArthur has expressed serious concerns about plans to transfer jury trials from Kirkwall Sherriff Court to the Scottish mainland.
Orkney’s MSP Liam McArthur has written to Scotland’s Public Health Minister, Jenni Minto, to raise concerns about shortages of a crucial medication used to treat diabetes and the impact this is having on patients in Orkney and across the country.
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, is to lobby the UK ministers and other organisations to challenge unsafe and unfair worker practices following concerning reports about the working conditions of gill netters operating in Northern Isles waters.
