THE NEED to show photo ID at upcoming elections was raised during a meeting of the Orkney and Shetland Valuation Joint Board on Thursday. Some members of the board were concerned about the awareness of the new rules and whether they could prove to be unpopular among islanders..
AFTER a truly bruising audit report was delivered last month, Orkney and Shetland Valuation Joint Board (VJB) now has to look ahead, writes Orkney based local democracy reporter Andrew Stewart. The report said the board’s leadership overstepped its bounds and undertook actions.