Highland Council warned that the Inshes retail expansion could cost the city centre £3.8m a year in lost revenues.
Councillor Ron MacWilliam will raise the issue at a full meeting of the local authority this week
Statistics show 18 per cent of looked after Highland children go into children’s homes – and 30 per cent are sent away from the area altogether.
Highland Council and Eden Court must draw up a formal funding agreement in the next six months, according to auditors.
Warnings issued that alongside fuel poverty household incomes will also be hit
Members of Highland Council’s economy committee have spoken out against a “lack of democracy” in the national planning process for onshore wind.
Councillors have given the green light to the first phase of an extensive housing development between Culloden and Balloch in Inverness.
Highland Council’s new graduate, apprentice and intern scheme has provided opportunities for more than 300 people aged 16 to 67.
An SNP councillor said there are “ten million pounds cash that should be sitting in our bank account”.
The gate was intended to reduce traffic congestion and improve public transport to the hospital.
There have been growing calls for the return of smaller council areas in the Highlands.
