Jardine secures promise of medicinal cannabis trial
Edinburgh West MP Christine Jardine today secured a government promise to support trials of medicinal cannabis as an important step towards making it available...
Christine Jardine invites WASPI women to attend meeting
Christine Jardine MP will be holding a meeting for WASPI women and those affected by pension reforms at Murrayfield Parish Church on 9 February 2018. The...
Government defeated today at Westminster meaning further Brexit delay
The UK Government led by Prime Minister Boris Johnson were defeated today. This extraordinary sitting of the House of Commons held on a Saturday...
Cherry calls for Redford Barracks to remain open
Ahead of Armed Forces Day this weekend, SNP MP Joanna Cherry QC has challenged the Prime Minister to intervene and halt the closure of...
Coronavirus – Owen Thompson asks supermarkets to take on more delivery...
Midlothian MP Owen Thompson has appealed to supermarkets to cut their delivery costs and also take on more drivers in an effort to get...
Murray continues to probe over Nike conference in Edinburgh
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...
Council Conservative group leader loses faith in Prime Minister
The Conservative group leader for The City of Edinburgh Council has said Boris Johnson “can’t carry on as Prime Minister” after he admitted attending...
Local politicians react to Westminster Hall speech by Ukrainian president
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky paid a visit to the UK today and visited the UK Parliament where hundreds of MPs listened to him speak...
Westminster meets on a Saturday to decide on Brexit deal
Here in Edinburgh we are represented by three of the main parties at Westminser with three SNP MPs, one Liberal Democrat and one Labour...
Jardine now LibDem Scottish Affairs spokesman
Edinburgh West MP Christine Jardine has, today been announced as the new Scottish Affairs spokesperson for the Liberal Democrats at Westminster.
Following the announcement, Ms...
LibDems name parliamentary candidate for Edinburgh East
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie has today unveiled project manager and former NGO worker Jill Reilly as the party’s prospective parliamentary candidate for...
Edinburgh MP claims the drug laws don’t work
by Tommy Sheppard MP for Edinburgh EastLast year 1187 people died in Scotland from a drug related death. This is a crisis. And the...
Edinburgh West MP backs campaign to ‘Make Blood Cancer Visible’
Christine Jardine MP has backed a campaign to raise awareness of blood cancer and put it at the forefront of cancer plans.
Ms Jardine attended...
Midlothian MP questions government over licence for sanctioned Russian war criminal
Midlothian MP, Owen Thompson, questions the UK Government in allowing sanctioned Russian war criminals to target a British journalist.During Wednesday’s Jan 2023) Urgent Question session...
Prime Minister lays out her plans to deal with energy costs
The new energy strategy announced by the Prime Minister the Rt Hon Liz Truss to parliament this morning will cap energy bills at £2,500...
MP wants access to cash protected
Owen Thompson MP has called for action to protect access to cash as the funding model puts more free ATMs at risk all over...
Chancellor forced out in wake of mini budget with maximum damage
The Prime Minister, Liz Truss has sacked her first Chancellor, Kwasi Karteng, just as soon as he arrived home from meetings in Washington.This...
Tommy Sheppard MP wins award
Edinburgh East MP, Tommy Sheppard, has been awarded the Other Party MP of the Year Award by the Patchwork Foundation.The announcement this morning...
Cherry calls for Transport Secretary to be sacked
Edinburgh MP Joanna Cherry QC has called for Beleaguered Transport Secretary Chris Grayling to be sacked for the Seaborne Ferries debacle, after the UK...
Jardine welcomes delays in branch closures
Late last year the Royal Bank of Scotland announced closure of many branches across Scotland including some in Edinburgh. Today in an apparent U-turn...
Gordon Brown – the EU may remove Halloween Brexit deadline
Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown today told an audience in Edinburgh at the launch of the Our Scottish Future think-tank: “I have actually been...
Ian Murray standing for Labour Deputy Leader
Ian Murray MP for Edinburgh South has confirmed the worst kept secret in town this morning. He is standing for election as deputy leader...
SNP MPs call for renaming of ISIL
At a photo call on the steps of Westminster Hall later this morning, some SNP MPs will join MPs from across the parties at...
SNP back EU protectors for produce
It is the SNP conference in Edinburgh this weekend. At the conference there has been some discussion about the value of EU brand protection...
Chancellor to make statement today
The new UK Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, will make a statement today.He is to make an announcement about new measures from the Mid-Term Fiscal Plan...
Jardine makes demands on Holyrood for timescale on Growth Scheme
Scottish Liberal Democrat MP Christine Jardine has demanded that the Scottish Government lay out a timescale for delivering the half a billion pound Scottish...
Edinburgh reacts to the UK Government Autumn Statement
The UK Chancellor of the Exchequer stood in the House of Commons for a considerable time earlier today delivering his Autumn Statement in a...
Westminster incident this afternoon – four dead
Earlier today an incident at Westminster has resulted in the deaths of four people, which number includes the attacker, a woman and a police officer. It appears...
Jardine supports small business in South Queensferry
Christine Jardine, MP for Edinburgh West, was on South Queensferry High Street yesterday to support local business on Small Business Saturday.The campaign promotes small...
Jardine welcomes baby home after Iraq ordeal
Edinburgh West MP Christine Jardine recentlywelcomed home a baby girl who was trapped in war-torn Iraq while waiting months for her British passport.For more than a year,...
