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THE TIME is nigh for councillors to push the Scottish Government again on fixed links for Shetland, a meeting heard on Tuesday. Chairman of Shetland Islands Council’s environment and transport committee Ryan Thomson said it is “important that politically this is bumped up.
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A COUNCILLOR has called for officials to explore more âinnovativeâ ways of recruiting planning workers amid a shortage of staff in Shetland.
Shetland south member Robbie McGregor told a meeting of the councilâs development committee on Tuesday that âwe really have to try every possible angleâ to get candidates to come forward for vacant posts.
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The meeting heard Orkney Islands Council has had more success, with a recent planning recruitment drive attracting 40 applicants â leaving Shetland councillors pondering what they did differently.
It is not a new issue, however, with the planning service bringing in consultants a few years ago to look at different ways of recruiting.
PRIME minister Boris Johnson says the UK Government is âkeen to see power sit at the most appropriate levelâ after being contacted by Shetland Islands Councilâs political leader on the issue of self-determination for the isles.
In a letter sent to council leader Steven Coutts in November, the prime minister also said he hoped to visit Shetland this year.
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Shetland News freedom of information request.
Councillors voted overwhelmingly in September to explore options for financial and political self-determination amid frustration over the financial settlement and decision-making abilities offered by central government.
Coutts wrote to Johnson and Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon a week after the 18-2 vote to request meetings with the political figureheads and senior ministers to discuss options for self-determination.