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POLL: Do you think Inverness should get its own council?


By Scott Maclennan

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Highland Council HQ, Inverness.
Highland Council HQ, Inverness.

Highlands and Islands MSP Emma Roddick believes that Highland Council should be split up.

She argues the area it covers is too big and can no longer be called "local" government.

The size of the area – often compared to Belgium – has become a burden and means the council cannot meet the needs of the people it represents.

Instead, Ms Roddick argues that genuinely local authorities should be set-up to represent the Highlands.

In the Scottish Parliament she asked the Minister for Parliamentary Business George Adam: “Does he believe that the Highland Council area given its size can be described as local government?

"And would he see the benefits in an Inverness city council both for our fastest growing city and the rest of the Highlands which have very different interests.”

Mr Adam said: “We currently have no plans to change the Highland Council area. I understand the geographic challenges for Highland Council were recognised when it was first created.

“Unfortunately, these challenges did not allow for a practical solution that would have allowed the area to be split up and those challenges have not changed.”

So what do you think?

Tell us in the poll below.

Related Story – Highland MSP Emma Roddick calls for a separate Inverness council saying that the city 'unmet needs' arguing that because it is perceived that 'the city gets everything, so it, ironically, loses out on needed investment'


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