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WEDNESDAY 26 AUGUST UPDATE Further to my blogs (below and 21 August), the Cabinet Secretary has now provided an on the record statement to Third Force News yesterday (25 August) as follows; Cabinet Secretary for Climate Action and Rural Affairs,
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On 14 August 2026, Emily Johns was appointed as a member of the Cairngorms National Park Authority to serve a four year term. The appointment was made under the relevant legislation governing Ministerial appointments in order to fill a vacancy
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The Scottish Parliament has made some welcome changes to its procedures to increase transparency and accountability but, unfortunately, they do not appear to be making much of a difference. The first alarm bells rung for me when the Parliamentary Bureau
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