South Scotland Labour MSP Colin Smyth has accused the Scottish Government of failing to take cross border complications seriously enough in the planning and design of the proposed Deposit Return Scheme. It comes as response from the Scottish Government to Parliamentary Questions from Colin Smyth MSP stated, “as a result…

The number of full-time local police officers in Ayrshire has fallen since the establishment of Police Scotland according to new figures. Police Scotland revealed today that while centralised resources have seen numbers rise, local divisions have been particularly hard hit by cuts to officers including a fall of 22 full-time…

The failure of the Scottish Government to appoint a Chief Executive for the planned new South of Scotland Enterprise Agency (SOSE) should not stop the momentum towards the setting up of the new Agency, according to South Scotland MSP and Scottish Labour’s Rural Economy Spokesperson Colin Smyth. The news that…