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Hamish Morrison

SNP scrap plans to pay families to live on islands after backlash

Islands and rural affairs secretary Mairi Gougeon has announced island bonds plans have been scrapped

PLANS to pay people to live on islands have been ditched by the Scottish Government, it has been announced.

Island bonds – which would have delivered 100 payments of up to £50,000 to families who lived on or moved to islands – are “not what communities need”, the Government has said.

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