YOUNG MORAY WORKERS under the age of 25 should be treated with ‘equality and fairness’ by being paid at the same rate as older workers doing the same job. That is the view being expressed by local MP Angus Robertson as he welcomed the passing of an Equal Pay for Equal Work motion at the … Read more
HEALTH CENTRES AND GP PRACTICES will be boosted by an additional £500million investment before the end of the current Scottish Parliament. In a pledge made by the First Minister at the close of her party’s conference on Saturday, the increase in primary care investment will answer the investment level that doctors have demanded. At the … Read more
MORAY’S MP IS the new deputy leader of the Scottish National Party. Angus Robertson was announced the winner of an election process that has taken several months to complete. His election was announced at the opening day of the SNP Conference this morning, when it was revealed that he had seen off competition from Tommy … Read more
NEW TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS should be put in place that would ease the financial burden on women born in the 1950’s and who are now facing hardship through ‘rushed’ pension changes. That is the view of Moray’s MP Angus Robertson, who this week delivered a petition to Westminster that he received from the Moray branch of … Read more
MORAY WOMEN WHO are campaigning for a fairer deal over changes to the state pension age have delivered a 1200-signature petition to Angus Robertson MP. Local members of the WASPI (Women Against State Pension Inequality) met with the Moray MP at his office in Elgin on Thursday to deliver what is one of many such … Read more
FALSE FRAUD ACCUSATIONS have been laid on people in Moray who have been legitimately receiving Tax Credits. Local MP Angus Robertson says that there is increasing concern over the activities of US firm Concentrix, who have been contracted by the UK Government to tackle Tax Credit fraud. However, the firm has forced a halt to … Read more