MORAY’S SNP PARLIAMENTARIANS are to join hundreds of groups and individuals this week in hosting a Macmillan Coffee Morning. Part of the ‘World’s Biggest Coffee Morning’, the events aim to raise funding for Macmillan Cancer Care, one of the most important Cancer charities in the UK. It will be the second successive year that Angus … Read more
A GROUP OF WOMEN from Moray are set to join thousands from around the country when they protest ‘unfair’ pension changes for women born after April 5, 1951. They will be joining members and supporters of the Women Against State Pension Inequality (WASPI) campaign on Friday by holding a local protest on the Plainstones in … Read more
MORAY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE’s CEO was involved this week in the opening of the London Stock Exchange alongside Moray’s MP. Angus Robertson, the SNP’s leader at the UK Parliament, opened the Stock Exchange and was delighted that the contribution made to the UK economy by his home constituency was recognised. The opening ceremony followed on … Read more
THE SNP OPPOSITION group leader at Moray Council is calling on the local authority to take urgent action in forming a Task Force similar to that which helped save RAF Lossiemouth from closure. Councillor Gary Coull has made the call as politicians of all political groups, while differing in their views over how the news … Read more
AN ‘IMPECCABLE’ SOURCE at the Ministry of Defence who has suggested that Kinloss Barracks is in line for closure has left Moray’s MP accusing the UK Government of ‘betrayal’. Angus Robertson is reacting this morning to reports over the future of the Moray base, one-time home of the RAF’s Nimrod force until that was withdrawn … Read more
THE UK GOVERNMENT should provide clarity over the future payment of farm subsidies following the Brexit vote in June. That is the view being expressed by Banffshire & Buchan Coast MSP Stewart Stevenson, who said that the subsidies “provide a vital element” of farming income. Mr Stevenson, whose constituency responsibilities includes Buckie, Cullen and surrounding … Read more