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Hard-working people will still be left worse off as a result of changes to tax credits sought by Chancellor George Osborne despite a defeat in the House of Lords, fears Alistair Carmichael. The Orkney and Shetland MP predicts watered down cuts will fail to go far enough to protect households at r... Read more...
• A Hillswick crofter says two of his lambs were stolen overnight. • Tories' tax credit cuts are heavily criticised. • Tributes are paid to one of Shetland's foremost poets Stella Sutherland. • The SIC will object to plans to redraw council wards. • Veteran author Millie Vigor ... Read more...
Almost 2,000 families in the Northern Isles will lose a total of £1.4 million, thanks to the Westminster government's changes to tax credits. Figures from the House of Commons library also show that 3,300 children in Orkney and Shetland stand to be affected by the proposed Tory changes. The f... Read more...