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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…

SOUTH SCOTLAND MSP HITS OUT AT PLANNED CUTS TO TRAIN TICKET OFFICE OPENING HOURS

South Scotland MSP Colin Smyth has hit out at ScotRail following the announcement of plans to change ticket office opening hours at stations in Dumfries and Galloway. At Stranraer Station, the current booking office hours are 9.30 am to 7 pm Monday to Sunday, however, under the plans, the new…

LOCAL MSP DEMANDS ACTION AS NEW FIGURES SHOW EXTENT OF THE REGION’S DRUG ISSUES

Dumfries and Galloway still has work to do on addressing drug issues, Colin Smyth MSP has warned, as new statistics published this week show rising drug related hospital admissions and emergency department attendances in the region. For the period 3 June to 1 September 2024, the number of drug-related attendances…

COLIN SMYTH MSP’S BILL TO CREATE AN OLDER PEOPLE’S COMMISSIONER FOR SCOTLAND TAKES A STEP FORWARD

South Scotland Labour MSP Colin Smyth’s bill to create a dedicated commissioner for older people in Scotland has taken a step forward. At present children and young people have standalone commissioners in each of the four nations of the UK, including Scotland, while Wales and Northern Ireland have commissioners for…

HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE BOARD MUST LISTEN TO COMMUNITY OVER FUTURE OF LOCAL HOSPITALS, SAYS MSP

South Scotland MSP Colin Smyth has called on members of the Integrated Joint Board (IJB) of Dumfries and Galloway Health and Social Care Partnership to listen to patients and those who deliver services and reject “recommendations” made by officials not to re-open any of the currently closed community hospitals to…

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