Shingles Vaccinations Programme 2024

All elected members have received correspondence from the Public Health Minister about the delivery of the Shingles Vaccination Programme. There has been recent enquiries about the expansion to this programme and hopefully the following information is helpful to anyone with queries. Eligibility of the Shingles Vaccination Programme has changed to allow individuals to get protected […]

MSP Urges Awareness Against Scams Targeting Older People

I am urging older people across the region to be “scam aware” as incidences of targeted scam and fraud crimes against them have seen significant rises. I recently met with representatives from Age Scotland at the Scottish Parliament where the very real threat of scammers trying to take advantage of older people was discussed. Recent […]

Urgent Ceasefire Needed in Israel-Palestine Conflict

I have received a lot of correspondence from constituents who are rightly horrified by the news coming out of Israel and Palestine. What is clear in the increasingly complex situation is that neither Israeli nor Palestinian civilians have asked for this war and the bloodshed we have all witnessed is shocking. What is also clear […]

Extent of Fire Service Cuts Revealed

Community safety is “a secondary consideration” in Fire Service cuts says MSP A Mid Scotland and Fife MSP has said that “community safety is a secondary consideration to budget savings” as a document released by the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service shows the extent of budget cuts the service plans to make over the coming […]

Chancellor Must Scrap Upcoming Energy Price Cap Rise

I have written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt MP urging him to scrap the planned energy price cap rise in April as part of the upcoming UK budget. I have serious concerns about the planned increase in the energy price cap which could see a further hike on the already soaring cost […]

Scottish Government “All Plans No Action” as FOI Shows Over 450 Strategies in Last Ten Years

The Scottish Government are show themselves to be all plans no action after a my Freedom of Information request revealed the SNP Government has produced over 450 “strategy” documents in the last ten years alone. I queried the Scottish Government as to how many strategy documents had been produced, and found that 160 strategies, 202 […]

Shelter Scottish Housing Emergency Action Plan

I have called on the Scottish Government to commit to a series of actions from Shelter Scotland in delivering a Scottish Housing Emergency Action Plan in order to protect households from homelessness as the cost-of-living crisis continues to worsen. Shelter Scotland have highlighted that in the last year the number of children stuck in temporary […]

Scottish Tories Reject Calls for Unity Over Energy Price Freeze Demand

Scottish Conservatives have rejected my call for all Scottish Politicians to unite in demanding more action from the UK Government on skyrocketing energy bills. Scottish Conservatives have refused to sign a motion I put forward calling on emergency action from the UK Government in the form of an immediate energy bill freeze. I have written […]