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COLIN SMYTH SLAMS BOTCHED BUS PASS SCHEME

South Scotland MSP and Scottish Labour’s Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero, Energy & Transport & Rural Affairs Colin Smyth has criticised the SNP’s “botched” young person’s bus pass scheme as figures reveal less than 1 in 3 young people in Scotland have a pass. Data obtained by Scottish Labour…

LOCAL TORY MPS SHOULD BE ASHAMED AFTER FAILING TO VOTE FOR LABOUR’S CALL FOR A WINDFALL TAX ON ENERGY GIANTS – SMYTH

South Scotland MSP Colin Smyth has said local Conservative MPs David Mundell, Alister Jack and John Lamont should be ashamed, after failing to vote for Labour’s call for a windfall tax on energy giants to help people deal with the cost-of-living crisis. Last week in the House of Commons, Labour…

LOCAL SCOTRAIL SERVICES PLUNGED INTO CHAOS – SMYTH

South Scotland MSP Colin Smyth has said the Scottish Government must take responsibility for fixing the train “chaos” which we’re seeing across the south of Scotland. ScotRail’s new timetable, which will see almost 700 fewer train services a day across Scotland, began on Monday as the deadlock over driver pay…

COUNCILS NEED MORE POWERS TO DEAL WITH ABSENT LANDLORDS – SMYTH

As demolition work continues on a dangerous building in Dumfries town centre, local MSP Colin Smyth has once again called for more powers for councils to deal with absent landlords. Work on taking down the Treasure Cave in English Street is currently underway and is expected to take three weeks.…

‘HUGE DISAPPOINTMENT’ FOLLOWING SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT’S REJECTION OF SCOTTISH LABOUR’S MINERS’ STRIKE AMENDMENT – SMYTH

South Scotland MSP Colin Smyth has said it is a huge disappointment that the Scottish Government has chosen to block Scottish Labour’s amendments, which would have established a mechanism for financial redress for those unjustly convicted during the 1984/85 miners’ strike. Scottish Labour MSPs Pam Duncan-Glancy and Richard Leonard submitted…

LOCAL MSP URGES PEOPLE TO SUPPORT SECOND COMMUNITY BUYOUT BID

South Scotland MSP and Scottish Labour’s Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero, Energy & Transport & Rural Affairs Colin Smyth has urged people to get behind Langholm Initiative’s fundraising efforts to extend the Tarras Valley Nature Reserve through the purchase of more of the Moor from Buccleuch Estates. The fundraising…

COLIN SMYTH: SCOTLAND MUST SEIZE THE OPPORTUNITY TO FULLY RIGHT THE WRONGS ASSOCIATED WITH THE 1980s MINERS’ STRIKE

South Scotland MSP Colin Smyth has joined his Scottish Labour colleagues by calling for a wider pardon and compensation scheme for those unjustly convicted during the 1984/85 miners’ strike. Last week, Scottish Labour MSPs Pam Duncan-Glancy and Richard Leonard submitted amendments to the Scottish Government’s Miners’ Strike Pardons Bill that…

SNP MUST SUSPEND NAZI COMMENT CANDIDATE – COLIN SMYTH

The SNP must suspend council election candidate Sylvia Willmot after she compared the Conservative Party to Nazis, according to South Scotland Labour MSP Colin Smyth. According to media reports, Willmot, who is standing for the SNP in Annandale East and Eskdale in this week’s local government elections, said in a…

LOCAL MSP WELCOMES “VICTORY” IN CAMPAIGN TO RE-OPEN GEORGETOWN POST OFFICE IN NEW LOCATION

South Scotland MSP Colin Smyth has welcomed the news that Georgetown Post Office will be re-opening on 23 May as a permanent service in the Premier Store on Calside Road. The area has been served by a temporary hosted service in the library since August last year and this will…

COLIN SMYTH: ZERO TOLERANCE APPROACH NEEDED OVER ABSENT LANDLORDS

South Scotland MSP Colin Smyth has said it is time to clamp down on absent landlords, following the closure of English Street in Dumfries caused by a dangerous building. The road was closed on Friday night due to the state of one of the buildings on the street, and…

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