MINISTERS DUCK RESPONSIBILITY FOR UNCLAIMED PENSION CREDIT. The UK government failed to answer when SNP MP Patricia Gibson asked what action it would take to ensure all pensioners eligible for Pension Credit claim it. Almost 2 million people aged 65 and over are living in poverty in the UK, yet since 2017 the … Read more
TORIES THREATEN TO SLASH SCOTLAND’S FUNDING. BORIS JOHNSON REFUSES TO RULE OUT AXING BARNETT FORMULA The SNP has demanded the Tories immediately rule out widescale funding cuts for public services in Scotland – after Boris Johnson refused to dismiss the spectre of axing the Barnett Formula. The Tory leadership candidate has previously … Read more
JEREMY, BORIS TWO PEAS IN A POD. TORY PM CANDIDATES AGREE ON 98% OF ISSUES. Research by the SNP has found the two Tory candidates to become the next Prime Minister have far more in common than they’d like you to know – voting the same way on 98% of issues in Westminster over … Read more
SUPPORT FOR NEW SCOTTISH CHILD PAYMENT NEW BENEFIT DUBBED “GAME CHANGER” AND “LIFELINE” The Scottish Government’s announcement that it will use new social security powers to introduce a new benefit to tackle child poverty has been roundly welcomed by poverty campaigners, who have branded it a “game changer” and a “lifeline” for families in poverty. … Read more
TAX HIKE ON HOME SOLAR The Tories must press pause on their plans to quadruple the VAT charged on home solar systems – which SNP MSP Gillian Martin has said could be a “major step backwards” in reaching green targets. The UK government this week introduced legislation to increase the VAT levied on home solar-battery … Read more
Scottish Care Review Body. Scottish Care Review Body has been setup to look at how child protection of Children in Scotland is run and being operated and other things as well, petition 1673 looks at these problems and offers sensible solutions but Scottish Social Work disagrees the question is WHY? PE01673: Operation and running of … Read more
TORY CUTS THREATEN TO CLOSE 2500 POST OFFICE BRANCHES SNP DEMAND UK GOVERNMENT PROTECT POST OFFICE NETWORK The SNP has demanded the UK government properly fund the Post Office network for the future, after successive Tory policies now threaten the future of 2,500 branches across the UK according to the National Federation of Sub-Postmasters. The … Read more
The Brexit, Farage connection! Did you think Brexit started three years ago? Maybe this will bring it home that it has been going on for twenty six years (26 years)…and it was brought to fruition in 1993. In 1993 the Tory party got Tory MP Michael Spicer to set up a “leave Europe” Tory party … Read more
MSPs BACK PLANS TO MAKE SCOTLAND SAFER. TORY MSPs PREOCCUPIED WITH “OUTDATED” JUSTICE ARGUMENTS The SNP has taken another step towards the development of a smart, progressive justice system – as MSPs at Holyrood backed plans to extend the presumption against short sentences from three months to twelve months or less. The proposals received support … Read more
CURSE OF RUTH DAVIDSON STRIKES AGAIN. DAVIDSON BACKS LOSER IN RACE FOR NUMBER 10. The “curse of Ruth Davidson” has struck again as her preferred candidate Sajid Javid was knocked out of the Tory leadership race. The embarrassed Scots Tory leader, who has been ignored by her own MPs throughout the contest, also saw her … Read more