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Thursday, March 28, 2024

The UK Parliament

Prime Minister urged to help women judges and prosecutors trapped in...

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Joanna Cherry, KC, MP, met with the Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak on Wednesday to push for help to save female Judges and prosecutors trapped...

Flynn announces reshuffle of frontbench SNP team

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Edinburgh East MP Tommy Sheppard has been moved into a front bench position by Westminster leader, Stephen Flynn MP.Sheppard will take up responsibility...

Boris Johnson rewards the faithful but SNP want the list scrapped

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Former Conservative Prime Minister, Boris Johnson MP has published his resignation honours list after approval from current Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak.There are rewards for...

Question raised at Westminster over Scottish Government’s international relations

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Today in the House of Commons, SNP MP, Drew Hendry, raised the question of UK government guidance to Scottish Ministers about overseas travel with...

MP invites everyone to Cost of Living event next week

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Tommy Sheppard, MP for Edinburgh East, is hosting a free advice event with key local and national organisations to help constituents through the current...

MP warns against cost of living scams

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During Scotland's ScamWatch Fortnight, Midlothian MP Owen Thompson urged residents to be on their guard against scams, especially as the cost of living soars.This...

Jardine’s bill to tackle online abuse against women

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Edinburgh West MP Christine Jardine has tabled a Bill in the UK Parliament calling for action to tackle online abuse against women and girls,...

Jardine calls for insulation to cut mould and reduce energy bills

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Edinburgh West MP, Christine Jardine, has called on the UK Government to introduce an emergency ten-year programme to insulate every home in the UK....

Cherry hits back after appearance at The Fringe cancelled

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Joanna Cherry, KC, MP for Edinburgh South West, was invited to appear at the New Town Theatre on 10 August this year in one...

Greenpeace Edinburgh to hold Town hall event on Thursday

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Greenpeace Edinburgh will hold a town hall event at the Grassmarket Community Project on Thursday focused on the cost of living and climate crises....

Duart Crescent Post Office closure threatened

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There is a new threat that Duart Crescent Post Office could close.Edinburgh West MP Christine Jardine has written to the UK Post Office,...

Shadow Chancellor says it is all about jobs

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The Shadow Chancellor, Anneliese Dodds MP, visited the Eric Liddell Centre this morning to hear a little about what they do, and how they...

MP questions use of Dover House

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Dover House in London is the Scotland Office's base and has in the past held receptions for the Scottish Fashion Awards and the Scotch...

Speaker recalls MPs to the UK Parliament

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The Speaker has written to MPs to explain why he has accepted the Government's request to recall Parliament.The letter, reproduced below, sets out...

International Women’s Day – Cherry named as one of 100 Women...

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Edinburgh South West MP, Joanna Cherry QC has been chosen as one of 100 Women at Westminster for the third year.Ms Cherry has been...

MP blogs – Christine Jardine MP

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by Christine Jardine Liberal Democrat MP for Edinburgh West.It has been quite a first six months for Christine. There has been no shortage of issues...

April podcast – Deidre Brock MP for Edinburgh Northern and Leith

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I met with Deidre Brock who has now been an MP for the area since 2015 in Leith - where else? And it was...

International Women’s Day – urban planning must get rid of gender...

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Edinburgh West MP Christine Jardine presented a Bill to the House of Commons on Tuesday that would increase consideration to remove gender bias from urban planning.  The...

Conservative Party Conference – Douglas Ross speech #CPC22

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The leader of the Scottish Conservatives, Douglas Ross MP and MSP, reacted fast to the Chancellor's U-turn over cutting the top rate of tax...

Labour to lead debate on privatisation of Channel 4

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Edinburgh South MP Ian Murray says that the UK Government will destroy the Scottish creative sector with their privatisation plans for Channel 4.Labour...

Sir Keir Starmer is announced as new Labour leader

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Sir Keir Starmer has today been announced as the new leader of the Labour Party.He was the bookies' favourite to follow in Jeremy Corbyn's...

Sir Lindsay Hoyle meets Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe

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The Speaker of the House of Commons told Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe that ‘the whole nation rejoiced’ when she was finally reunited with her family after six...

Jardine disappointed over Scottish Government response on housing mould

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Edinburgh West MP Christine Jardine has criticised The Scottish Government for “letting down” social housing residents coping with mould in their homes.In December, Ms...

Edinburgh project gets funding boost from UK Government green fund

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Power Enable Solutions Ltd t/a REOptimize Systems in Edinburgh has received £660,854.40 from the UK Government in a round of funding for British entrepreneurs...

Deidre Brock MP adds extra surgery this Friday

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The newly re-elected MP for Edinburgh North and Leith, Deidre Brock MP,  is holding an extra surgery this Friday at Sainsbury's in Craigleith.She invites...

No funding for Edinburgh and Midlothian in round 2 of the...

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Ten projects across Scotland did receive grants from Round Two of the UK Government's Levelling Up Fund, however none of these was in the...

SNP appoints new auditor as account deadline looms

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The leader of the SNP Humza Yousaf has confirmed the appointment of a new auditor for both the party and the SNP Westminster group's...

Thompson calls for lifting of visa regulations for Ukrainian refugees

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Owen Thompson MP has called for The UK Government to lift visa restrictions for refugees fleeing from the war in Ukraine.The call comes as...

Jardine calls for debate over flight paths at Edinburgh Airport

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Edinburgh West MP Christine Jardine has called on the Leader of the House, Penny Mourdaunt, to find time in Parliament to debate the ongoing...

HMS Queen Elizabeth leaves Rosyth

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Following a lengthy process to build her, HMS Queen Elizabeth the first QE Class aircraft carrier left the half-built HMS The Prince of Wales...