Local crime writer’s generous donation to sex workers’ charity
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,...
Jardine calls for assurance on jobs in South Queensferry
Christine Jardine, Liberal Democrat Treasury Spokesperson and MP for Edinburgh West, has expressed concern over Progress Rail Services’ announcement that jobs are ‘at...
Charles Kennedy dies at 55
The news has broken this morning that former Ross, Skye and Lochaber MP and lifelong politician Charles Kennedy has died suddenly at home in...
Brexit action at Court of Session begins today
An action has begun this morning at the Court of Session in Edinburgh where 70 plus politicians have brought an action asking the Court...
Liberal Democrats push their conference policy on income
The UK needs the new Beveridge style vision for the Covid crisis which Universal Basic income would provide according to the Liberal Democrats.Christine...
New Year Honours 2015
The UK Government has announced the list of those deemed worthy of an honour of one kind or another, in an atmosphere of criticism...
Older people urged to check available benefits
Owen Thompson MP has said that people over pension age would be well advised to check that they are claiming all the grants, benefits...
By-election likely as MP watchdog says Margaret Ferrier should be suspended...
Margaret Ferrier MP should be suspended for 30 days for her breach of Covid rules in 2020, a Commons Standards Committee report into her...
Hibs aim to sign Ryan Gauld on loan
Neil Lennon is trying to arrange the loan signing of former Dundee United winger Ryan Gauld from Sporting Lisbon.Gauld, who joined Sporting in a...
Edinburgh West MP demands action over whisky tariffs
Christine Jardine, the MP for Edinburgh West and the party's Treasury Spokesperson, has called on the Government to do more for the whisky industry...
Edinburgh MPs speaking about Brexit
Yesterday, 14 January 2019, the Prime Minister made a statement on the EU in the Commons ahead of the vote today on accepting the...
Queen’s Speech criticised in Edinburgh
Commenting on today’s UK Government programme outlined in the Queen’s Speech at Westminster, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said:“As I have made clear, the Scottish...
Jardine disappointed at news from Edinburgh Airport
Today Edinburgh West MP Christine Jardine has expressed her disappointment at the news that Edinburgh Airport will not introduce an offset or curved approach for landing aircraft.
The solution had...
Midlothian MP criticises Sunak over inflation
Owen Thompson MP said today Rishi Sunak is ‘utterly failing’ to bring down inflation as it remains at a sky-high level.The latest ONS figures...
Government stepping in to help Canal View pupil
Yesterday in Westminster local MP Joanna Cherry QC MP asked the Prime Minister to step in and help a pupil at Canal View Primary...
Jardine congratulates forestry prize winner
Christine Jardine, Liberal Democrat MP for Edinburgh West, joined her constituent David Pelly, to celebrate his success in a writing competition to highlight the...
City Region Deal will be on the table later today –...
The First Secretary of State and Minister for the Cabinet Office, Damien Green, will be visiting Edinburgh today to assist with signing off the...
Comment – Parliament sends May back to Brussels
Brexit: parliament sends May back to Brussels – what latest amendment votes meanby Louise Thompson, University of ManchesterIn its attempts to find a way...
New Year message from the Prime Minister reminds everyone of the...
The Prime Minister, the Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP, has recorded a New Year message saying that the British people have "responded heroically" to...
Edinburgh MP leads WASPI consultation
Christine Jardine, MP for Edinburgh West, is at the centre of efforts to reverse the injustice to women born in the 1950s caused by...
‘Disproportionate’ electoral system is bust say Electoral Reform Society
If the UK electoral system was reformed then the results of this year's General Election would have been fairer.This is the view proposed by the Electoral...
MP offers to help bank find a location in Corstorphine for...
Edinburgh West MP Christine Jardine, has offered to help TSB to find a location in Corstorphine for their mobile banking advisor, following the closure...
Prime Minister’s address to the nation – new rules to lock...
The Prime Minister Boris Johnson explained tonight that unless everyone 'pulls together' the NHS will be overwhelmed. If too many people become seriously unwell...
Congratulations offered to next Prime Minister Theresa May
Theresa May has been confirmed as the next leader of the Conservative Party and will succeed David Cameron as Prime Minister on Wednesday. The...
Edinburgh MP advises women to get checked for breast cancer
Deidre Brock MP has marked World Cancer Day today by calling on all eligible women to participate in the Scottish Breast Cancer Screening Programme and go...
SNP say Honours List is ‘rotten’
The Scottish National Party has described David Cameron’s full Resignation Honours list, published yesterday evening, as "rotten to the core”.The Edinburgh Reporter met The Rt...
Brock backs Better Deal for Animals
Deidre Brock MP gave her support to a campaign to make sure animal protections are not watered down by Brexit.Deidre spoke at an event...
MP backing award-winning disability employment programme
Joanna Cherry QC MP is backing Leonard Cheshire’s award-winning Change 100 disability employment programme and is urging employers to sign up for the innovative...
Scotland for a People’s Vote say the Brexit deal is ‘half-baked’
Commenting after the emergency session of the UK Cabinet on the Brexit deal ended earlier this evening, Scotland for a People’s Vote – which...
Jardine welcomes China flight
Edinburgh West MP Christine Jardine has described the first ever direct flight between Scotland and China as ‘momentous for Edinburgh Airport’.There will now be...
