Latest News Archives - Page 2 of 167 - Colin Smyth - Colin Smyth MSP

SOUTH OF SCOTLAND NEEDS A CLEAR INVESTMENT PLAN FOR A75 AND A77 – COLIN SMYTH

South Scotland MSP Colin Smyth has once again raised the issues with the A75 and A77 in the Scottish Parliament.Speaking during a debate on rural roads last week, the local MSP highlighted the importance of these vital and much neglected roads to the Scottish economy. Colin Smyth urged the Scottish…

SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT ACCUSED OF “ABANDONING” MENTAL HEALTH INPATIENTS

South Scotland MSP Colin Smyth has accused the Scottish Government of failing patients recovering from a mental health crisis as new figures are released. According to the Mental Health Inpatient Census 2023, among known patients, NHS Dumfries and Galloway had the highest proportion of delayed discharges from a mental health…

LOCAL CHILDREN WAITING MONTHS FOR TOOTH EXTRACTION

Children in Ayrshire and Arran are waiting an average 20 weeks to get teeth extracted, data has revealed – as the average waits have surged since 2019. According to a Scottish Labour FOI, young patients in NHS Ayrshire and Arran waited an average 5 weeks for tooth extraction in 2019/20 compared…

LOCAL PEOPLE WAITING OVER 40 WEEKS FOR TOOTH EXTRACTION

People in Dumfries and Galloway are waiting an average 43 weeks to get teeth extracted, data has revealed – as the average waits have surged since 2019. According to a Scottish Labour FOI, patients in NHS Dumfries and Galloway waited an average 10 weeks for tooth extraction in 2019/20 compared to…

LOCAL MSP RAISES SCOTRAIL’S LOCKERBIE TICKET OFFICE TIME ERRORS IN THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT

South Scotland MSP Colin Smyth has used a question session in the Scottish Parliament to raise issues around mistakes made by ScotRail in their recent plans to change ticket office opening times at Lockerbie Station. ScotRail recently announced that it was making plans to change ticket office times across Scotland,…

HISTORIC INJUSTICE REVERSED FOR DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY’S MINERS

South Scotland MSP Colin Smyth has welcomed the UK Labour Budget which reversed the historic injustice affecting Dumfries and Galloway’s former coalminers. Across the UK, more than 100,000 former mineworkers will receive £1.5 billion of money that was kept from their pensions – boosting their pensions by nearly a third or…

NO PLANS, NO COMMITMENT TO A77 FROM SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT, SAY MSP

South Scotland MSP Colin Smyth has hit out at the Scottish Government over the lack of a plan to implement its own promises to improve the A77. In the Strategic Transport Projects Review 2 (STPR2) published in 2022, the Scottish Government promised improvements to both the A77 and A75. Recommendation…

SOUTH SCOTLAND MSP CHALLENGES SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT AND LOCAL COUNCIL TO MATCH TOWN CENTRE FUNDING BOOST

South Scotland MSP Colin Smyth has welcomed the news that a £20 million funding package for the regeneration of Kilmarnock town centre is contained in the first budget of the new UK Labour Government. Kilmarnock is one of seven towns in Scotland which will receive the £2 million a year…

SOUTH SCOTLAND MSP CHALLENGES SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT AND LOCAL COUNCIL TO MATCH TOWN CENTRE FUNDING BOOST

South Scotland MSP Colin Smyth has welcomed the news that a £20 million funding package for the regeneration of Dumfries town centre is contained in the first budget of the new UK Labour Government. Dumfries is one of seven towns in Scotland which will receive the £2 million a year…

COLIN SMYTH: LABOUR GOVERNMENT DELIVERING A75 FUNDING AFTER YEARS OF EXCUSES AND STALLING FROM TORIES

South Scotland MSP Colin Smyth has welcomed the news that £5 million has been included in the recent budget by the UK Government to fund a feasibility study into improving the A75. The previous Tory government had left no money whatsoever in next year’s budget for the A75. However, last…

First
Prev
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
…
167
Next
Last