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SNP GOVERNMENT DELIVERING FOR SCOTLAND WHILE WESTMINSTER FAILS ON BROADBAND COMMITMENT According to the latest coverage statistics from Thinkbroadband, 85.8% properties in Dumfries & Galloway are now connected to superfast broadband – a 68.8% rise

SNP is calling on the UK Government to maintain the £20 increase to Universal Credit – instead of axing it in April 2021 – and extend it to legacy benefits. Ahead of the UK government’s

FREE, ANONYMOUS APP WILL HELP STOP THE SPREAD OF COVID-19 AND SAVE LIVES The app can be downloaded onto phones and will let users know if they have come into close contact with someone who

South Scotland MSP Emma Harper last week requested an update from the Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Michael Matheson, on the Spaces for People programme, a £39 million initiative to identify and provide members of the

Emma Harper, South Scotland MSP, said; “The new operating plan from South Scotland Enterprise (SOSE) is extremely welcome – as a consequence of the coronavirus there’s never been a greater need for the support this

South Scotland SNP MSP Emma Harper has condemned what she has described an “increasingly homophobic UK cabinet” following a number of recent events where UK Cabinet Ministers have either been openly anti-LGBT, condoned people who

Two South Scotland MSPs have condemned the new Tory leader in Scotland for getting his priorities wrong on road improvements. Emma Harper MSP and Joan McAlpine MSP said Douglas Ross MP’s demands that billions of

South Scotland MSP Emma Harper has welcomed a new £60million Youth Guarantee announced in the Programme for Government, which guarantees everyone across Dumfries and Galloway, aged 16-24, a job, a place in education or a

South Scotland MSP Emma Harper who, since 2017 has championed the Women Against State Pension Inequality – WASPI – Campaign across Dumfries and Galloway, holding surgeries, information events and lobbying the UK Government, has again

South Scotland MSP Emma Harper has welcomed First Minister Nicola Sturgeon’s ambitious Programme for Government aimed at ensuring a strong economic recovery from the Coronavirus pandemic. Under the commitments, all young people in Scotland aged