Updates from SNP Branches, Councillors and MSPs in Galloway and West Dumfries Constituency in the south west of Scotland, from the Rhins of Galloway in the west to the River Nith in the east. The SNP branches in the area are comprised of Castle Douglas & Glenkens, Dalbeattie, Newton Stewart & Wigtownshire, Stranraer, and West Dumfries.
South Scotland SNP MSP Emma Harper, following media reports in recent days, has again hit out at what she describes as the Prime Minister’s distracting and fanciful idea to burrow his way under the Irish
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The SNP Scottish Government has received a ringing endorsement from England’s farming’s leader who said that Scotland is more ambitious than the UK Government in its approach to developing agriculture policy. NFU President Minette Batters
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A new £7.75 million funding package will offer support to fishermen, seafood businesses and ports and harbours threatened by the ongoing effects of coronavirus (COVID-19) and EU Exit. The package includes: • £6.45 million for
Continue readingThe draft Respiratory Care Action Plan for Scotland sets out the vision for driving improvement in the diagnosis, treatment and care for those living with respiratory conditions. The cross party lung health group recently met
Continue readingSouth Scotland SNP MSP Emma Harper has expressed her disbelief in the incompetence of the UK Government in leaving Scotland’s fishing sector with a mountain of problems, following the end of EU exit transition period
Continue readingSouth Scotland MSP, Emma Harper is to meet with the new Minister for Drug Policy, Angela Constance MSP, who has recently been appointed to tackle problem drug use across Scotland. Ms Harper made a speech
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South Scotland MSP Emma Harper, following contact from a number of newly self-employed constituents across Dumfries and Galloway who have as yet not received any government support, took their case directly to the First Minister
Continue readingSouth Scotland SNP MSP, Emma Harper, has slammed Westminster for breaking its promises to farmers just weeks after the end of the Brexit transition period, after the UK Tory government announced plans to consult on
Continue readingSouth Scotland MSP Emma Harper has asked the Scottish Government to establish a walk-in COVID-19 testing centre in Stranraer as a matter of urgency. Following a dramatic increase in cases in the town, the South
Continue readingSouth Scotland SNP MSP Emma Harper has urged the UK government to set out an action plan in 2021 to encourage pension credit uptake as a first step towards tackling pensioner poverty. Figures from the
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👇 Boris Johnson ‘misled parliament’ over Covid contracts, court order shows. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/boris-johnson-covid-contracts-court-b1813003.html?utm_content=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1614950558
Warm, warm welcome to the 10,000 new @theSNP members! What a kickoff to the Holyrood election 💛
