Pitlochry put under political spotlight

Aug 22 2008 by Alison Lowson, Perthshire Advertiser Friday

PITLOCHRY was put under the political spotlight this week when First Minister Alex Salmond and his political team descended on the Highland Perthshire town.

A special cabinet meeting in the Atholl Palace Hotel was the third in a series taking place outside Edinburgh over the parliamentary summer recess.

Mr Salmond has already taken his team to Inverness and Dumfries, and concludes with a Cabinet meeting in Skye later this month.

As well as the formal Cabinet meeting there was a good causes reception to celebrate the work of local charity, social and voluntary groups.

There was also a discussion on the Scottish Government’s National Conversation involving the First Minister, Cabinet Secretaries and Ministers, members of the public and representatives from local civic organisations.