The Comhairle convened on 3rd March 2020 agreed to suspend any ongoing action in respect of taking croft property into consideration when making financial assessments for care charges until such time as the Comhairle had considered its policy position. Notwithstanding the position presented to Councillors on 6th May 2020 this policy position to suspend ongoing action is still extant. Why therefore is Comhairle policy, as set by Councillors on 3rd March 2020 being disregarded when the Scottish Government has confirmed that each local authority must set its particular policy on this issue of taking property belonging to third parties into any computation of assets belonging to any persons in care.
A journal written by the SNP opposition group on the Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (Western Isles Council).
