Tag: Westminster
Prime Minister and First Minister to sign City Region Deal today in Edinburgh
Prime Minister Theresa May will visit Edinburgh today to sign the £1.3 billion City Region Deal for Edinburgh and the South East of Scotland with the First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon.
The heads of terms were...
Edinburgh West MP flags up our parks
Edinburgh West MP Christine Jardine put down a motion in Parliament congratulating Edinburgh for picking up a number of prestigious Green Flag awards for their outdoor spaces.
The city won 33 of the awards, which...
Comment – Time to move on from the Westminster museum
When I’m traipsing through the lobbies of Westminster I often think how much the mother of all parliaments could learn from its reconvened and revamped cousin up the road in Edinburgh. Not just the dangerously radical idea...
MSP accuses Tory welfare cuts for losses to Edinburgh
SNP MSP FOR EDINBURGH PENTLANDS GORDON MACDONALD DEMANDS DEVOLUTION OF SOCIAL SECURITY POWERS
Freedom of Information figures supplied by the Department for Work and Pensions have shown that Edinburgh has lost out on £4.1M because of Tory cuts...
Tommy Sheppard MP on drugs…..
Tommy Sheppard is the SNP MP for Edinburgh East. Not a man to sit in the background he always has something to say. This month he is on drugs. That is to say he...
Scottish teacher launches petition for MPs for expats
A teacher and freelance writer who splits his time between Scotland and Spain has launched a petition to urge the introduction of MPs for British citizens living abroad.
Alastair Stewart's petition to ‘Introduce MPs to...
Deidre calls for action on institutional racism
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 inquiry into the Windrush scandal.
Ms Brock said:- “The appalling disregard for...
Scotland’s Continuity Bill referred to the Supreme Court
The UK government has announced today that the most senior UK Law Officers, the Attorney General, Jeremy Wright QC and the Advocate General for Scotland, Lord Keen are referring the Continuity Bill passed at...
Joanna Cherry calls for UK government to support victims of human trafficking
Joanna Cherry QC MP for Edinburgh South West and SNP Westminster spokesperson on Justice and Home Affairs, called upon the government to take steps to bring UK law on human trafficking into line with...
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 School. The school has won the ultimate class trip to...
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 the bank has said it will keep 10 of the...
Scottish Government deny agreement on amendments to the EU Withdrawal Bill
The Secretary of State for Scotland the Rt Hon David Mundell was on BBC Radio Scotland this morning talking about the talks between Westminster and Holyrood concerning the amendments which may be required to...
Vote on EU Withdrawal Bill – Clause 11 amendment rejected
The vote at Westminster this evening on the EU Withdrawal Bill has not pleased The Scottish Government who regard it as a power grab by the UK Government. The SNP have claimed that there is...
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 speech which you can read in full here.
The headline announcements...
Helpline becomes free amid cross-party calls to halt Universal Credit
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions David Gauke has today announced DWP customer telephone lines will be changed to Freephone numbers.
This announcement was made today while the debate on Universal Credit is proceeding...
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 Jardine said: "I am thrilled to be Scottish Affairs spokesperson...
Deidre Brock has secured an adjournment debate today
Edinburgh North and Leith MP Deidre Brock has secured an adjournment debate at Westminster on Thursday afternoon.
This comes after the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) which published a report on...
Threat level rises after London attack
The national threat level has been raised to ‘Critical’ in the wake of this morning’s attack on the London Tube system and following an assessment by the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre (JTAC).
While the increase to...
Edinburgh Political Focus – what are the politicians saying this week?
In Edinburgh there are many politicians from Councillors to MSPs and then there are the MPs who have to travel to London from Monday to Thursday each week. As well as that we have...
Brexit Bill talks held in Edinburgh
The UK First Secretary of State Damian Green was accompanied by The Secretary of State for Scotland David Mundell when he visited Edinburgh yesterday.
The purpose of the visit was to discuss the Brexit Bill...
Brock questions Mundell’s ‘fortune’ spent on social media advertising
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, and also incurred expenses of £16,880.82 on social media advertising.
Deidre...
Edinburgh MP raises question over the EU and protected food
Deidre Brock MP for Edinburgh North and Leith has raised the matter of the protected status for foods such as the Arbroath Smokie and the Stornoway Black Pudding after Brexit.
In response to a written...
First Minister writes to the Prime Minister
Today the First Minister has sent a letter to Theresa May the Prime Minister urging her to think about the Scottish and Welsh interests when discussing Brexit next week, and to allow for representation...
SNP Westminster group to choose a new leader
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 to select a new Westminster Group Leader.
Nominations will open to...
Greens vow to stand up to Trump and the Tories
The Scottish Greens used today (7 June), the final day of General Election campaigning, to knock on as many doors as possible, including the US Consulate in Edinburgh, where two Green candidates delivered a...
#GE2017 Campaigning resumes today
Following the horrific attack on Manchester Arena earlier this week when 22 people died and 120 people injured, all campaigning in the General Election was paused, but with the election only two weeks away...
#GE2017 – Edinburgh North & Leith – Lorna Slater
The Edinburgh Greens have chosen Lorna Slater as their candidate for Edinburgh North and Leith in next month's General Election.
Lorna is an engineer who lives in Leith, and she stood as a list candidate at...
#GE2017 Summary of Edinburgh seats
In Edinburgh at the last UK Parliamentary election in 2015, the only seat which was won by a party other than the SNP was Edinburgh South which is held by Labour's Ian Murray MP.
Edinburgh...
Joanna Cherry to stand at election
Incumbent MP for Edinburgh South West Joanna Cherry QC has today confirmed that she will seek re-election in the snap General Election called by Theresa May.
SNP MP Ms Cherry won the seat from Labour...
General Election 2017 – More comment following PM’s announcement
The shockwaves are still being felt across the country after the Prime Minister made an announcement earlier today that she will call a snap election on 8 June 2017.
This is subject to her getting the...
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