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Edinburgh East MP criticises number of peers in Lords

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SNP MP Tommy Sheppard has spoken out against the increase in the number of peers in the House of Lords in the past year. UK...

Ministerial visit to Wester Hailes High School celebrates reading

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UK Government Scotland Office Minister Kirsty McNeill joined the Scottish Book Trust at Wester Hailes High School to celebrate the achievement of Core Reading...

State Opening of Parliament 2021

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The formal start to a year in parliament is marked with the State Opening and the Queen's Speech. This year it takes place today,...

Brock questions Mundell’s ‘fortune’ spent on social media advertising

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The Scotland Office spent £686,166.29 on its communications team in the last financial year, a jump of just over £250,000 on the previous year,...

Midlothian MP backs the Great Daffodil Appeal

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Owen Thompson MP for Midlothian met with actor Jane Horrocks to give his support to Marie Curie's annual Great Daffodil Appeal. The event at Westminster...

Murray continues to probe over Nike conference in Edinburgh

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Ian Murray, MP for Edinburgh South and Shadow Scottish Secretary, says that questions continue to mount over the Edinburgh Nike conference. He criticises the decision...

Prime Minister sacks the Secretary of State for Scotland

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Only this morning Labour MP for Edinburgh South Ian Murray asked in the Houses of Parliament : “The new Prime Minister’s election yesterday means...

Sheppard wants the ‘cannabis deadlock’ broken

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Tommy Sheppard MP calls on the Health Secretary to break medical cannabis deadlock. Tommy Sheppard, MP for Edinburgh East, has again expressed his support for...

Deidre calls for action on institutional racism

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Deidre Brock SNP MP for Edinburgh North and Leith has called for an unflinching look at institutional racism at Westminster after today’s announcement of an...

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...

UK Government confirms funding for Scotland ahead of Edinburgh visit by...

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The UK Government has announced that The Scottish Government will receive a minimum of £1.9 billion in additional funding this year, on top of...

New Year Honours 2015

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The UK Government has announced the list of those deemed worthy of an honour of one kind or another, in an atmosphere of criticism...

Disappointment over immigration rules change

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The Liberal Democrat Home Affairs Spokesperson, Christine Jardine, has heavily criticised the Government’s Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill, which received its...

Local crime writer’s generous donation to sex workers’ charity

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Local crime fiction writer Peter Ritchie has launched his latest noir thriller, ‘Maxine’s Story’ and will donate a portion of the profits to SCOT-PEP,...

New House of Lords ‘to cost £1.2m per year’

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Commenting on the Prime Minister’s announcement appointing 45 new Peers to the House of Lords, Katie Ghose, Chief Executive of the Electoral Reform Society, said: “At a...

UK Supreme Court – prorogation decision was unlawful – Cherry...

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The unanimous decision of the UK Supreme Court was handed down at 10.30am this morning. This Court has already concluded that the Prime Minister’s...

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...

Edinburgh MP leads WASPI consultation

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Christine Jardine, MP for Edinburgh West, is at the centre of efforts to reverse the injustice to women born in the 1950s caused by...

Government issues Covid Secure advice for business

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The UK Government has now issued its advice to businesses in England to prepare for a return to work where possible. This was mentioned...

Westminster Watch

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A quick look at what Edinburgh's MPs were up to in the House of Commons last month. All eyes have been on Holyrood recently, what...

Call for freeze on rail fares

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Liberal Democrat Scotland Spokesperson Christine Jardine has called on The Scottish Government to freeze rail fares for at least the remainder of the year, rather...

Government defeated today at Westminster meaning further Brexit delay

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The UK Government led by Prime Minister Boris Johnson were defeated today. This extraordinary sitting of the House of Commons held on a Saturday...

New Year message from the Scottish Secretary of State

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A message for everyone living in Scotland from Alister Jack, the Scottish Secretary of State. Mr Jack said: "This past year is one we...

MP congratulates Edinburgh restaurant manager Rachel with an invitation to Westminster

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Local MP Deidre Brock greeted Rachel Clark from the Slug and Lettuce in Edinburgh at the House of Commons this week. Deidre wanted to...

Fireworks laws need “urgent update”

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The law on fireworks sales needs an "urgent update" after many MPs supported a bill that would ban the noisiest from public sale, according...

Cherry speaks out for Polish constituent at PMQs

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Joanna Cherry QC MP for Edinburgh South West warned the Prime Minister today at Prime Minister's Questions. She told Theresa May that EU nationals...

Cherry questions the Prime Minister on Brexit

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Joanna Cherry QC MP asked a question about Europe at Westminster earlier today but was not entirely happy with the response from the Prime...

Joanna joins the picket line

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by Joanna Cherry QC MP for Edinburgh South West. Joanna writes : "Earlier this month I visited a freezing picket line at Heriot Watt University to...

Edinburgh West MP calls for Tories to stop cutting benefits

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In her first keynote speech as Liberal Democrat Work and Pensions spokesperson, Christine Jardine will today outline her priorities to her party’s conference in...

Court of Session rejects application to stop prorogation

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Lord Doherty at the Court of Session in Edinburgh has handed down his decision this morning in the petition by Joanna Cherry QC MP...

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