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SNP Warning On Welfare ReformINCREASING 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 reforms will remove a safety net for hardworking... |
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Time Runs Out For Ill-Considered Clock Change Plans
Proposals in the Westminster Parliament tochange daylight saving time, which would have plunged Scotland intodarkness until later in the morning, have failed.A Private Member’s Bill, promoted byConservative MPs from the south and south-east of England was defeated in the Houseof Commons on Friday. ...
Caroline welcomes boost for digital – but broadband push continues
Caroline has vowed to continue pushing for support for the city's digital sector after calls to 'let Brighton bid' for funding for ultra-fast broadband were turned down. Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has written to the Pavilion MP in response to the popular campaign calling for Brighton...
Whiteford Presses UK Government On Funding For Peterhead CCS Project
Participatingin a Westminster Hall debate on carbon capture storage (CCS) projects earliertoday (Tuesday) SNP Member of Parliament for Banff & Buchan, Dr Eilidh Whiteford challengedthe UK Government to provide clarity on the funding and support available forthe proposed Peterhead project.Anannouncement...
Local Representatives Comment On Sangs
Commenting on the announcement that softdrinks manufacturer Sangs – producers of the popular MacB brand – have goneinto administration, Banff & Buchan MP EilidhWhiteford said:“This is very sad news for Macduff and for Sangs,who are one of the town’s major employers.“I will be speaking with...
MP Praises Family History Society’s Initiative
Banff & Buchan MP Dr Eilidh Whiteford has praised the Family History Societyof Buchan on their initiative after attending the official opening of their newresource centre overlooking Peterhead Harbour.The local MP was invited to attend theofficial opening yesterday (Saturday) which was performed...
New Rail Station Plans ‘In Hand’
Dundee East MP Stewart Hosie today welcomed ongoing discussions taking place between Dundee City Council, Network Rail and Transport Scotland to upgrade Dundee Rail station as part of the wider Waterfront project. Stewart Hosie said: “I am aware that plans are well in hand to upgrade Dundee Railway...
SNP Dismiss Gove’s Schoolboy Bullying
PENSIONS & WELFARE MORE AFFORDABLE IN INDEPENDENT SCOTLANDThe SNP has dismissed Tory scaremongering after England’s Education Secretary Michael Gove this morning made a series of unsubstantiated claims – including bizarre suggestions that an independent Scotland would no longer have an NHS or...
Local pubs at risk unless Government acts over PubCo rip-off
The Government's failure to stop the big pub companies (PubCos) from ripping off their ‘tied' tenants through overcharging for beer and restricting access to local ales is having a disastrous impact on the pub trade. Speaking in a debate on PubCos in Parliament today (1), Brighton Pavilion...
Caroline says ‘let Brighton bid’ for ultra-fast broadband
The Government must let Brighton bid for ultra-fast broadband under a new £100m scheme to create a network of super-connected cities (1), said Pavilion MP Caroline Lucas today. Jeremy Hunt, Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, announced last month that fourteen cities...
Coalition must reverse cuts in light of ‘shocking’ child poverty figures
New figures released by the Campaign to End Child Poverty today show the shocking extent of child poverty in Sussex. Pointing to the negative impact of the Coalition's extensive public spending cuts, Caroline said: "That as many as 50,000 children in our region - 16%...
SNP Council Team Moving Dundee Forward in 2012
Elections to Scotland’s local authorities take place in May this year. Since 2007, SNP candidates have been elected in 20 of the 47 local by-elections, more than for any other party and in the last 12 months the SNP has won nine local authority by-elections. In contrast Labour have won only three with...
PM’s JOB PLAN ISN’T WORKING: TIME FOR PLAN B – SNP CALL FOR SUMMIT
Following on from an admission on tonight’s ITN News by the Prime Minister that the UK Government’s plan to create jobs isn’t working but maintains he will continue with the approach, SNP Treasury Spokesperson, Stewart Hosie MP said: “It has been clear for many months that the...
Do More To Tackle Fuel Poverty Treasury Told
CHANCELLOR POCKETS £1.4BN FROM RISING ENERGY BILLSThe UK Government must do more to tackle fuel poverty the SNP said as it emerged that the Chancellor had pocketed £1.4 billion over the last year in VAT from domestic energy bills.Sharp increases in energy prices by the big six energy companies over...
UK Government Energy Advice Failing
Calls by the UK Government for energy customers to switch energy suppliers for better deals are not working an SNP MP warned after a parliamentary question revealed that the number of gas and electricity customers moving suppliers has actually fallen over recent years.Banff and Buchan MP Dr Eilidh Whiteford...
