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Hosie Stresses Value of Better Links With ChinaScottish business could benefit greatly from better direct relations with their counterparts in China, according to Dundee East MP Stewart Hosie. The SNP member of the UK Treasury Select Committee flew to Singapore yesterday as part of the Treasury Select Committee’s fact-finding mission to China. Stewart said: “This is now a well trodden... |
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Brighton and Hove is ‘perfect home’ for new green bank
Business Secretary Vince Cable confirmed this week that he has received 32 bids from towns and cities across the UK to host the Government's new Green Investment Bank. The Bank is being set up to help support the development of renewable energy and other low-carbon technologies (1). Pavilion...
Scotland the World Over
Between St Andrew’s Day 2011 and Burns Night 2012, Blipfoto teamed up with Scotland.org to create an amazing film – it’s called Scotland The World Over. Scots and Scots-at-heart were invited, anywhere in the world to join in by taking and uploading a photo of a saltire. These were then...
Welfare Reforms Show ‘Compassionless UK Coalition’
INCREASING EVIDENCE FOR WELFARE TO BE DEVOLVEDSNP Work and Pensions spokesperson Dr Eilidh Whiteford MP this evening hit out the ‘compassionless UK Coalition’ after MP’s overturned Lords amendments to the Welfare Reform Bill.Dr Whiteford said there was increasing evidence that the welfare system...
Whiteford & Stevenson Meet With Sangs Workforce
LocalMSP Stewart Stevenson andBanff & Buchan MP EilidhWhiteford have met with workers from Sangs in Macduff yesterday(Sunday).TheParliamentarians were there to hear concerns from the employees and also toupdate them on efforts being made by the Scottish Government to secure thefuture of the plant...
Whiteford Hears Young People’s Input On Local Issues
SNP Banff and Buchan MP, Dr Eilidh Whiteford, this week visited Fraserburgh Academy to meet with representatives of the Academy’s pupil council and the Fraserburgh Youth Council to hear their views on a range of issues.Topics under discussion ranged from of activities for young people in Fraserburgh...
Your Scotland, Your Referendum
On Burns’ Nicht, the Scottish Government launched their consultation on an Indepedence Referendum – which will be the most important question for the people in Scotland for over 300 years. The consultation is mainly online, and you can take part here. Alternatively, we have copies available...
MSPs & MP Welcome Additional V&A Funding
Dundee politicians welcomed the announcement of additional support for the V&A project today by Fiona Hyslop, Dundee City East MSP Shona Robison said: “I welcome this additional funding from the Culture Secretary. “The V&A project is a fantastic, once in a generation opportunity...
Caroline welcomes Albion in the Community to Parliament
The award winning charity work of Albion in the Community (AITC) will be celebrated in the House of Commons this evening at a packed reception hosted by Pavilion MP Caroline Lucas. AITC, the charitable arm of Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club, will showcase its broad range of community initiatives...
‘Admit you got it wrong on solar’, says Brighton MP
The UK Government has lost its appeal against a court decision which blocked its attempts to reduce solar subsidies (1). Responding to the decision, Caroline said: "The High Court ruling is a victory for the solar industry and for renewable energy campaigners in holding the Government...
NEW MEMBERS BOOST DUNDEE SNP AS PARTY MEMBERSHIP SOARS
The unprecedented surge in membership of the Scottish National Party following Tory leader David Cameron’s intervention in the debate on Scotland’s future has been replicated locally with new members signing up in Dundee. Party chiefs have confirmed that over 1,100 new members had joined the SNP...
Report Shows Dundee Has Forward Momentum Say Local Politicians
Commenting in the wake of a new report by think-tank Centre for Cities, Dundee’s senior politicians have claimed that the city has ‘forward momentum’ which will help drive the city’s recovery. Stewart Hosie, MP for Dundee East and SNP Treasury Spokesman said: “There is no doubt that the momentum...
Research Reveals Concerns Over Flawed Welfare Assessments
MUNDELL UNAWARE HOW MANY AFFECTED BY WELFARE REFORMS IN SCOTLANDSNP Work and Pensions spokesperson Eilidh Whiteford MP has seized on a report published today (Tuesday) by the Scottish Association for Mental Health (SAMH) which warns that the UK Government’s Work Capability Assessment for Employment...
Big Alcohol Debate reveals local impact of drinking culture
Brighton and Hove City Council today published the results of a survey launched in October 2011 to explore the attitudes of people in Brighton & Hove towards alcohol in the city (1). More than half of those who took part said that alcohol was part of their social life (61%), while more than...
SNP Warning On Welfare Reform
INCREASING EVIDENCE FOR WELFARE TO BE DEVOLVEDSNP Work and Pensions spokesperson Dr Eilidh Whiteford MP today (Monday) said there was increasing evidence that the welfare system should be devolved as the Scottish Local Government Forum Against Poverty and Rights Advice Scotland warned that UK welfare...
