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Comments on UK Supreme Court decision

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The UK Supreme Court ruled unanimously this morning that suspending parliament was unlawful. As you would expect many politicians and political parties have something...

Prime Minister to address the nation tonight

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The Prime Minister Boris Johnson will address the nation tonight at 8.30pm. The speech from Downing Street will be televised. This will be followed by...

Liberal Democrats push their conference policy on income

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The UK needs the new Beveridge style vision for the Covid crisis which Universal Basic income would provide according to the Liberal Democrats. Christine...

Jardine calls for support for bereaved children

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Edinburgh West MP Christine Jardine has presented a Bill to Parliament calling for a new protocol to support children who suffer a bereavement. The MP...

Jardine secures promise of medicinal cannabis trial

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Edinburgh West MP Christine Jardine today secured a government promise to support trials of medicinal cannabis as an important step towards making it available...

Calls for discussion on the Old Town Hall in Leith

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Deidre Brock MP is calling for discussion on future of Leith's Old Town Hall if Police decide to leave The station is one of those...

Local MP defends abortion rights in Northern Ireland

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Edinburgh West MP Christine Jardine pledged her support for a campaign to decriminalise abortion and change the law for women in Northern Ireland, where...

New Advocate General for Scotland appointed

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Ten Downing Street has announced that  new Advocate General for Scotland will be Keith Stewart, QC. Mr Stewart replaces Lord Keen of Elie, QC, as...

Concerns over RAAC homes in Livingston

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Gregor Poynton MP has raised urgent concerns in parliament about the growing crisis of Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) affecting homes in his Livingston...

Festivals reception held at Queen Elizabeth House

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The Secretary of State for Scotland, The Rt Hon Ian Murray, held a reception this week at Queen Elizabeth House, the UK Government building...

Sue Webber chosen to contest Edinburgh South West for Conservatives

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Sue Webber has been chosen as the new Scottish Conservative candidate for Edinburgh South West at the next UK General Election. She says that the...

Ruth, Baroness Davidson of….

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The Herald's Tom Gordon broke the story this morning that Ruth Davidson has finally chosen her title as a member of the House of...

Marking Holocaust Memorial Day 80 years on

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This year is the 80th anniversary since the liberation of the Nazi concentration and death camp, Auschwitz-Birkenau. Events are taking place across Scotland and the...

Prime Minister reshuffles the Cabinet

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Following last week's departure of the Chair of the Conservative Party and Minister without Portfolio, Nadhim Zahawi, The Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, has reshuffled...

Road Safety debate highlights active travel in Edinburgh

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As former Transport Convener on Edinburgh Council, a debate on Tuesday in the House of Commons was right up the MP for Edinburgh South...

SNP appoints new auditor as account deadline looms

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The leader of the SNP Humza Yousaf has confirmed the appointment of a new auditor for both the party and the SNP Westminster group's...

MP calls on the UK Government to reconsider the Scottish visa

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Thompson urges rethink on Scottish visa to protect Midlothian jobs Owen Thompson MP has called on the UK Government to urgently rethink their dismissal of...

UK Government at the Royal Highland Show this week

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The Secretary of State for Scotland David Mundell will visit the Royal Highland Show at Ingliston on Thursday of this week, showing support for...

Culture Minister tells MP – Libraries have the answer

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Ian Murray Labour MP for Edinburgh South asked The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport a written question recently and has shared the...

Jo Swinson appoints Shadow Cabinet

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Leader of the Liberal Democrats, Jo Swinson MP, has today announced her first Shadow Cabinet, declaring that she has built a team that...

SNP Westminster group to choose a new leader

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Following last week's General Election Angus Robertson who won the leadership contest only last year was not reelected. This means that the SNP have...

Edinburgh MP seeks to change the law and split the Lord...

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Edinburgh South West MP Joanna Cherry, KC, is to introduce a Private Member's Bill at Westminster this week to allow changes to be made...

Vince Cable calls for unity to stop Brexit

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Liberal Democrat leader Vince Cable used a campaign stop in South Queensferry yesterday morning to call for remain voters to unite behind the Liberal...

UK Government invest in Scottish research

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A research project led by Heriot-Watt University is one of three awarded funding by the UK Government today. The Centre for Regulated Bio-Manufacture aims...

Ian Murray steps down as Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland

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There is only one Labour MP in Scotland, Ian Murray who represents Edinburgh South, and he was appointed to the Shadow Cabinet as Shadow...

Scotland Office holding Burns Night in London

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Scotland Office Ministerial team, Ian Murray and Kirsty McNeill, are to host a reception to toast Scottish achievements at home and abroad on Monday...

Jardine calls for an end to the ‘pink tax’

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Today Liberal Democrat MP Christine Jardine has introduced a Bill to end the so called ‘Pink Tax’. Christine Jardine is launching her campaign to remove the...

UK Budget on Wednesday – Finance Secretary calls for additional spending

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Finance Secretary Kate Forbes has written to Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak calling for additional spending to support households and businesses who are...

Dissolution Honours List 2015 in full

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Among the names on the Dissolution List 2015, Alistair Darling is the one which stands out for us here in Edinburgh, but there are...

Jardine calls for assurance on jobs and furlough

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Edinburgh West MP and Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Christine Jardine MP said the latest announcement of redundancies in the aviation industry is further evidence...

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