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Campaigners present 1100-name SNP petition against Tax rise

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AN SNP LED campaign against plans to raise Council Tax by 18% in Moray has presented a petition signed by 1100 people to Moray Council. Led by Moray’s MP, MSP and the Councillors from the main SNP opposition group at the local authority, the signatures were gathered during Scottish Election campaigning in Elgin High Street … Read more

SNP launch petition against Council Tax rise threat

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MORAY SNP ACTIVITISTS have launched a petition against Moray Council plans to impose an 18% Council Tax increase in defiance of Scottish Government policy. The petition was launched at pre-Scottish election rallies in Elgin and Buckie at the weekend, backed by social media posts from Richard Lochhead MSP, Stewart Stevenson MSP and Angus Robertson MP. … Read more

SNP Councillor joins calls for Moray action over refugees

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AN SNP COUNCILLOR has joined in calls for Moray to act in helping the plight of refugees escaping form war-torn regions of the Middle East. Yesterday insideMoray revealed that Labour councillor Sean Morton was calling upon the UK Government to pave the way for regions throughout the country to provide whatever practical help possible to … Read more

Stevenson to pick up the SNP mantle once again

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BANFFSHIRE VOTERS WILL be asked to return the resident SNP MSP to Holyrood when they vote at the Scottish Elections in May. The SNP Banffshire & Buchan Coast constituency party members have selected Stewart Stevenson to fight the seat he first won in 2001 – when the constituency followed very different boundaries. Mr Stevenson has … Read more

SNP announce former teacher as their by-election candidate

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MORAY SNP HAS pinned their hopes on regaining a Moray Council seat in Heldon & Laich on a former teacher and educational adviser. Burghead resident Joyce O’Hara has been announced as the SNP candidate in the by-election to be held on October 1. Active in a number of community organisations in and around Burghead, Mrs … Read more

SNP spring no surprises as they back Lochhead again

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THERE WERE NO surprises this week when the SNP in Moray unanimously confirmed the selection of Richard Lochhead as their candidate in the Scottish Parliamentary elections in May. Mr Lochhead will defend his Holyrood seat against one other candidate selected so far – Tory Douglas Ross. Lochhead, who has been MSP for Moray since the … Read more